Abstract
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a range of developmental disabilities, that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. This study was conducted in 2017 in order to develop and validate a scale to measure knowledge and attitudes toward child autism spectrum disorder among child caregivers. We interviewed 193 child caregivers in 2 northern provinces of Vietnam, namely Hoa Binh and Thai Binh. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were used to determine validity and reliability of our scale. Findings indicated that our scale on knowledge, including 13 items distributed into 3 factors with relatively good correlation (0.58-0.79), could explain 82.5% of variability of knowledge. The scale on attitudes consisted of 6 questions, explained 52.8% of variability in attitudes and had a good Cronbach’s alpha of 0.76. The results demonstrated that our scale has satisfactory validity and reliability, thus, could be used to measure knowledge and attitudes towards child ASD among child caregivers. Key words: scale, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), validity, reliability, child caregivers, Vietnam
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
