Development of the Social Interactions Behavior Inventory (SIBI) for Children with High-Functioning Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: 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.
Author: Winnie Chung
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W314643087