The Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE; Squires, Bricker, & Twombly, 2002a), developed in the United States, was translated and adapted for use in China. Lack of valid and reliable instruments for identifying social and emotional delays in young children is a worldwide issue. Professionals in China have recently focused efforts on developing methods for early identification of social, emotional, and behavioral issues in the birth-to-5 population. Following the guidelines of the International Test Commission, the ASQ:SE was translated into Simplified Chinese (ASQ:SE-C) to collect a normative sample of 2,528 children across China. Data were analyzed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the ASQ:SE-C, using both classical test theory and item response theory, including generating cutoff points appropriate for the Chinese sample. A panel of Chinese experts was surveyed to assess face validity and estimated utility of the newly adapted tool. Discussions of research findings and implications for future studies are provided.
Keywords: Item-Response-Theorie; Klassische Testtheorie; Screening; adaptación intercultural; adaptation transversale; classical test theory; cross-cultural adaptation; desarrollo socio-emocional; dépistage; développement socio-émotionnel; interkulturelle Anpassung; item response theory; revisión; screening; socioemotional development; sozial-emotionale Entwicklung; teoría clásica de examinación; teoría de respuesta a puntos específicos; théorie de réponse d'article; théorie de test classique; スクリーニング; 古典測試理論; 古典的テスト理論; 異文化適応; 社会的感情的発達; 社會情感發展; 篩選; 跨文化適應; 項目反応理論; 項目反應理論.
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