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Poll GH, Boone WJ, Petru J. Evaluation of a New Adolescent Social Communication Assessment: The Transition Pragmatics Interview. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2024; 67:2353-2366. [PMID: 38896882 PMCID: PMC11253795 DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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PURPOSE This study evaluated the psychometric functioning of a new criterion-referenced assessment of adolescent social communication, the Transition Pragmatics Interview (TPI), based on the synthesis model of pragmatics. Two ways of interpreting item difficulty were explored: (a) as a function of the synthesis model elements of social communication ability that items were designed to assess, and (b) as a function of the developmental level required for a successful response based on an adapted situational-discourse-semantics (SDS) model (Norris & Hoffman, 1993). METHOD Thirty-seven participants aged 14-22 years completed the TPI. Responses were analyzed using Rasch analysis to evaluate the functioning of the scale and to determine item difficulty. Items were coded for the SDS developmental level required for an adequate response. The mean Rasch item difficulty for items at each SDS developmental level was analyzed for the five adapted SDS domains. RESULTS Consistent with the first approach for interpreting item difficulty, TPI items varied in difficulty as a function of the element of social communication they were designed to assess (p < .001). Interpreting item difficulty based on the adapted SDS model was not supported: Items requiring higher SDS developmental levels were not more difficult than those requiring less (p = .55). CONCLUSIONS The TPI responses fit the Rasch model, supporting the TPI as a unidimensional measure and supporting the use of all items together to compute a single number that summarizes the level of social communication for each examinee. The item ordering from least to most difficult was consistent with prior findings on adolescent social communication development. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.26018545.
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- Gerard H. Poll
- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Program in Learning Sciences and Human Development, Miami University, Oxford, OH
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- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Elmhurst University, IL
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Lee JY, Kim YK, Shin YJ. Validation of the Korean Version of Culturally Responsive Experiences in Close Relationships-Short Form. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COUNSELLING 2023; 45:57-81. [PMID: 36846548 PMCID: PMC9938347 DOI: 10.1007/s10447-023-09503-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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The authors developed and validated the Korean version of the Experiences in Close Relationships-Short Form (K-ECRR-SF) with the goal of developing a culturally responsive scale. In study 1, a Rasch analysis was conducted on the 36 original items in the ECR-Revised (ECR-R) to select items that best represent anxiety and avoidance subscales by considering cultural equivalence. In study 2, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted for the selected 12 items with a different sample. The factor structures of the ECR-R and K-ECRR-SF through CFA were then compared through CFA. In addition, the K-ECRR-SF items were tested for related constructs (i.e., reassurance and support seeking, loneliness, dyadic satisfaction, depression, anxiety, and fear of intimacy) to its criterion evidence. The newly developed K-ECRR-SF is confirmed to be valid and culturally responsive scale in measuring attachment in Korea.
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- Ji-yeon Lee
- grid.440932.80000 0001 2375 5180Graduate School of Education, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- grid.19006.3e0000 0000 9632 6718Department of Education, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Department of Education, Seoul National University, Kwanak-Ro 1, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Application of Item Response Theory (IRT)-Graded Response Model (GRM) to Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Scale. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14095532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The scale of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE) assesses the perceptions about entrepreneurial ecosystem domains, finances, capital finances, support, support professions, policies, markets, human resources, and culture. The scales are always error-prone—these scales must possess properties that enable them it to provide maximum information and validity reliability. Convenient sampling data from (n = 474) founders, co-founders, and entrepreneurs were collected. The IRT-GRM model is used to validate and test the instrument-based on polytomous scales. IRT yields discriminating power—the level of difficulty of the items of the scale. The scale consists of 48 items. The item Pol5 (4.13) was found to have the highest discriminating value (4.13), the item mar5 had the lowest discriminating value (1.57), and all items had discriminating values greater than the threshold value of 0.60. The EE Scale showed good reliability based on McDonald’s omega and Cronbach’s alpha (0.80 and 0.88). The parallel and factor analysis showed good agreement of the one-dimesnionality of the scale. The model goodness of fit statistics based on the comparative fit index (CFI) and the Tucker–Lewis index, (TLI) and the standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) showed a satisfactory level of fit; however, the root mean square error of approximation (RMSE) showed a poor fit. The item characteristic curves showed that the all item responses were properly ordered. The items of the scale showed a satisfactory level of discrimination power and level of difficulty, and it was found to have three levels of agreement about entrepreneurial ecosystem scale. It is concluded that the EE scale possesses good psychometric properties and that it is reliable and valid instrument to measure the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the given region.
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Valentini NC, Zanella LW. Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2: The Use of Rasch Analysis to Examine the Model Unidimensionality, Motor Function, and Item Difficulty. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:852732. [PMID: 35515351 PMCID: PMC9067302 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.852732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-Second Edition (PDMS-2) is a valid and reliable instrument used in several countries, including Brazil, to assess gross and fine motor skills and identify motor deficits and eligibility for intervention for children with and without disabilities. However, the analysis of PDMS-2 items regarding the unidimensionality of the model, order of item difficulty, and whether the items portray the children's developmental trajectories still lacks investigation. Therefore, this study aims to: (1) analyze the unidimensionality of PDMS-2, (2) verify the model's capacity to explain the variance in the motor function responses, and (3) identify the level of difficulty of the items for Brazilian children. Children (n = 637; 51% girls) newborn to 71 months (M age = 21.7, SD = 18.6) were assessed using the PDMS-2. The Rasch analysis was conducted; the indexes of infit and outfit, and the point-biserial correlations coefficient were analyzed. The model unidimensionality was investigated using percentages of variance in the Rasch model (40% of variance). Results indicated that (1) for reflexes subscale, 62.5% of the items had correlations with the factor above 0.60, and two items had unadjusted infit and outfit; (2) for stationary subscale, 83.3% of the correlations of the items with the factor were above 0.50, and one item had unadjusted infit and outfit; (3) for locomotion subscale, 80.0% of the correlation of the items with the factor were above 0.50; all items had adequate infit and outfit; (4) for object manipulation subscale, 79.9% of the correlation of the items with the factor were above 0.50, and one item had unadjusted infit and outfit; (5) for grasping subscale, 92.3% of the correlation of the items with the factor were above 0.50, and one item had unadjusted infit and outfit; and (6) for the visual-motor integration subscale, 73.6% of the correlation of the items with the factor were above 0.50, and six items had unadjusted infit and outfit. The items with unadjusted fit were removed for further analysis. No changes in reliability and separation of items and people scores were observed without the unadjusted items; therefore, all items were maintained. A unidimensional model was found, and the reliability and discriminant capability of the items were adequate, and all items should be used to assess children. The PDMS-2 is appropriate for assessing Brazilian children.
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- Nadia Cristina Valentini
- Human Movement Sciences Graduate Program, School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Dance, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Human Movement Sciences Graduate Program, School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Dance, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,Department of Sports and Leisure, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande Do Sul, Sertão, Brazil
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Overview of Modern Measurement Theory and Examples of Its Use to Measure Execution Function in Children. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40817-021-00117-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Parsons D, Vaz S, Lee H, Robinson C, Cordier R. A twelve-month follow-up of an information communication technology delivered intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder living in regional Australia. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2020; 106:103743. [PMID: 32835895 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study investigated the long-term follow-up of an information communication techonology based intervention, the Therapeutic Outcomes By You application, for children with autism spectrum disorder living in regional Australia. Fifteen participants who completed a three-month randomised controlled trial of the Therapeutic Outcomes By You were assessed at least 12 months post-intervention to determine the maintenance or continued improvement of their language and social communication skills. Findings demonstrate the receptive language, social skills, pragmatic language and playfulness of children with autism spectrum disorder improved during the three-month intervention period and were maintained at least 12 months after ceasing the Therapeutic Outcomes By You app intervention.
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- Dave Parsons
- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent St., Bentley, Western Australia, 6102 Perth, Australia.
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent St., Bentley, Western Australia, 6102 Perth, Australia
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent St., Bentley, Western Australia, 6102 Perth, Australia
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Kent St., Bentley, Western Australia, 6102 Perth, Australia; Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Parsons L, Cordier R, Munro N, Joosten A. A Play-Based, Peer-Mediated Pragmatic Language Intervention for School-Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum: Predicting Who Benefits Most. J Autism Dev Disord 2019; 49:4219-4231. [PMID: 31292899 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04137-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This study explored characteristics of children with autism with large intervention effects following a peer-mediated pragmatic language intervention, to devise algorithms for predicting children most likely to benefit. Children attended a 10-week intervention with a typically-developing peer. Data from a pilot study and RCT formed the dataset for this study. The POM-2 measured intervention outcomes. Children completed the EVT-2, TACL-4, and Social Emotional Evaluation at baseline, and parents completed the CCC-2 and CCBRS. High CCC-2 Use of Context and CCBRS Separation Anxiety scores and comparatively lower EVT-2, CCC-2 Nonverbal Communication and Cohesion scores predicted children with large intervention effects. Results can be used by clinicians to predict which children within their clinics might benefit most from participating in this intervention.
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- Lauren Parsons
- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia.
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia
- Department of Special Needs Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo, 0318, Blindern, Olso, Norway
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia
- Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia
- School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, Australia
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Parsons L, Cordier R, Munro N, Joosten A. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Play-Based, Peer-Mediated Pragmatic Language Intervention for Children With Autism. Front Psychol 2019; 10:1960. [PMID: 31611828 PMCID: PMC6776827 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of a play-based pragmatic language intervention for children with autism. METHODS A sample of 71 children with autism were randomized to an intervention-first group (n = 28 analyzed) or waitlist-first (n = 34 analyzed) group. Children attended 10, weekly clinic play-sessions with a typically developing peer, and parents mediated practice components at home. The Pragmatics Observational Measure (POM-2) and the Social Emotional Evaluation (SEE) evaluated pragmatics before, after and 3-months following the intervention. RESULTS POM-2 gains were greatest for intervention-first participants (p = 0.031, d = 0.57). Treatment effects were maintained at 3-month follow-up (p < 0.001-0.05, d = 0.49-0.64). POM-2 scores were not significantly different in the clinic and home settings at follow-up. CONCLUSION Findings support the combination of play, peer-mediation, video-feedback and parent training to enhance pragmatic language in children with autism.
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- Lauren Parsons
- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
- Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
- Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
- School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
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