Università della Svizzera italiana

Early screening of the autism spectrum disorders : validity properties and cross-cultural generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy

Levante, Annalisa ; Petrocchi, Serena ; Massagli, Angelo ; Filograna, Maria Rosaria ; De Giorgi, Serafino ; Lecciso, Flavia

In: Brain sciences, 2020, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 24 p

This study examined the cross-cultural generalisability of the First Year Inventory (FYI) on an Italian sample, testing its construct validity, consistency, and structural validity. Six hundred ninety-eight parents of children aged 11–13 months completed the questionnaire. Similarities between analyses of Italian and American/Israeli samples were found, as were demonstrations of the...