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Development of the Social Interactions Behavior Inventory (SIBI) for Children with High-Functioning Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome

Chung, Winnie Wing Sum
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339177398

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2012, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Children with high-functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger’s syndrome (AS) experience considerable impairment in their day-to-day social interactions. While interventions such as social skills training programs have been developed to address these concerns, there is a lack of ecologically-valid measures to assess meaningful outcomes in children’s social interactions. The current study utilized a qualitative approach to develop the Social Interactions Behavior Inventory (SIBI), a parent- and child-report measure examining children’s social functioning in the school, community, and home settings. An initial pool of items was generated based on the social functioning literature of children with HFA/AS and expert consultation. Focus groups and individual interviews were conducted to obtain parents’ and children’s feedback regarding the SIBI, and four iterations were completed until a final parent and child version was deemed adequate and satisfactory. Issues regarding parent-child agreement, the use of child self-reports, and parents’ knowledge of children’s school social behaviors are discussed. Future studies examining the psychometric properties of the SIBI in larger, more representative samples are warranted.
Mary Fristad, PhD (Advisor)
Steven Beck, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Luc Lecavalier, PhD (Committee Member)
Michael Vasey, PhD (Committee Member)
177 p.
Psychology
high-functioning autism; Asperger's syndrome; social interactions; scale development; qualitative

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  • Chung, W. W. S. (2012). Development of the Social Interactions Behavior Inventory (SIBI) for Children with High-Functioning Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339177398

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chung, Winnie. Development of the Social Interactions Behavior Inventory (SIBI) for Children with High-Functioning Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339177398.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chung, Winnie. "Development of the Social Interactions Behavior Inventory (SIBI) for Children with High-Functioning Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339177398

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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