Autism Social Skills Profile Turkish Form Teacher Group Validity and Reliability Study

Abstract

One of the most difficult issues for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder is the development of social skills. For this reason, developing social skills plays a key role in the development of children with ASD. ASSP was developed by Bellini-Hopf in 2007 to evaluate the social skills of children and young people with autism between the ages of 7-17. In 2009, Demir created the ASSP-T Turkish Form by carrying out validity and reliability studies as well as Turkishization studies of ASSP. Validity and reliability studies of the ASSP-T form were conducted with data received from parents. For this reason, the purpose of the research is to re-calculate the validity and reliability of ASSP-T with the data received from teachers. Within the scope of the research, data of 205 children with ASD were accessed. According to the results of the analysis, the factor structure of the scale was evaluated as 3-factor as in the original. In the confirmatory factor analysis, it was revealed that all of the calculated fit indices were within excellent or acceptable reference ranges and the construct validity of the scale was ensured. In addition, as a result of the test results obtained from the subscales and the entire scale, it was seen that the scale provided reliability on the basis of item, factor and scale item total and gave highly reliable results. As a result, it can be said that the ASSP-T Teacher Form is a scale that can be used to determine the social skill levels of children between the ages of 7-17.

Keywords

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• ASSP-T Teacher Form
• Social Skills.

Otizm Sosyal Beceri Profili Türkçe Formu Öğretmen Grubu Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Öz

Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu olan çocukların en çok zorlandıkları konuların başında sosyal becerilerin geliştirilmesi gelmektedir. Bu sebeple OSB olan çocukların gelişimlerinde sosyal becerilerin geliştirilmesi kilit rol oynamaktadır. OSBP, Bellini- Hopf tarafından 2007 yılında 7-17 yaş arası otizmli çocukların ve gençlerin sosyal becerilerini değerlendirmek amacıyla geliştirilmiştir. 2009 yılında ise Demir, OSBP’nin Türkçeleştirme çalışmalarının yanı sıra geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmalarını yaparak OSBP-T Türkçe Formu’nu oluşturmuştur. OSBP-T formunun geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmaları velilerden alınan veriler ile yapılmıştır. Bu sebeple OSBP-T’nin öğretmenlerden alınan veriler ile geçerlik ve güvenirlik hesaplamalarının yeniden yapılması araştırmanın amacını oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında 205 OSB’li çocuğun verisine ulaşılmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonuçlarına göre, ölçeğin faktör yapısının orijinalinde olduğu gibi 3 faktörlü olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizinde ise hesaplanan uyum indekslerinin tamamının mükemmel ya da kabul edilebilir referans aralıklarında olduğu ve ölçeğin yapı geçerliğinin sağlandığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Ek olarak ölçeğin alt ölçekler ve ölçeğin tümünden elde test sonucunda madde, faktör ve ölçek madde toplamı bazında güvenirliği sağladığı ve yüksek derecede güvenilir sonuçlar verdiği görülmüştür. Sonuç olarak OSBP-T Öğretmen Formu’nun 7-17 yaş aralığındaki çocukların sosyal beceri düzeylerini belirlemek amacı ile kullanılabilecek bir ölçek olduğu söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu
• OSSP-T Öğretmen Formu
• Sosyal Beceriler

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