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. 2019 Apr;49(4):1599-1612.
doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3827-z.

Validation of the Simplified Chinese Psychoeducational Profile Third Edition in Mainland China

Lu Yu  1 , Xiaoqin Zhu  2 , Daniel T L Shek  2 , Xiao-Bing Zou  3 , Hong-Zhu Deng  3 , Peter W H Au Yeung  4
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Validation of the Simplified Chinese Psychoeducational Profile Third Edition in Mainland China

Lu Yu et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Apr.

Abstract

The Psychoeducational Profile 3rd Edition (PEP-3) is a comprehensive assessment tool designed for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although its original English version has been validated, few validation studies have been conducted on translated versions including Chinese ones. Based on 554 Chinese children with ASD and 311 typically developing Chinese children as the control group, this study investigated the psychometric properties of a simplified Chinese PEP-3 (sCPEP-3) in China mainland. Psychometric evaluation of the sCPEP-3 showed satisfactory internal consistency, test-retest reliability, inter-rater reliability, convergent validity, construct validity, and factorial validity. The findings have several implications such as utilizing the sCPEP-3 in mainland China for customized educational program planning, early identification, and evaluating the treatment effects for children with ASD.

Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; Caregiver Report; Performance Test; Psychoeducational Profile Third Edition; Simplified Chinese; Validation.

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Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were carried out in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed Consent

Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants (or their parents, for child participants) included in the study.

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Confirmatory factor analysis of the sCPEP-3 performance tests
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