A validity study of the modified checklist for autism in toddlers (M-CHAT) on a Turkish sample

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dc.contributorGraduate Program in Psychology.
dc.contributor.advisorYeniçeri, L. Nur.
dc.contributor.authorYıkgeç, Aslı.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-16T12:19:54Z
dc.date.available2023-03-16T12:19:54Z
dc.date.issued2005.
dc.description.abstractThe main purpose of the present study was to establish the validity of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT). Eighty children representing four different groups, namely; normal development, Down syndrome, children with suspicion of autism, and children with a diagnosis of autism, were evaluated by the M-CHAT, the CHAT, the DSM-IV Autistic Disorder Criteria and the AGTE. One major finding of the study was that the M-CHAT discriminated children with autistic signs from those with no autistic signs. It successfully detected children with suspicion of autism and those with a diagnosis of autism. However, it's rate of misclassifying nonautistic children as autistic was found to be quite high. One of the two criteria of the M-CHAT (any three of the 23 items) increased the rate of these misclassifications. The other criterion (six critical items) was a better discriminator between the autistic and nonautistic children. In addition to these six critical items, item 6 (imperative pointing) was found to increase the sensitivity of the M-CHAT. In light of these findings, recommendations were made for effective screening of young children.
dc.format.extent30cm.
dc.format.pagesvii, 59 leaves;
dc.identifier.otherPSY 2005 Y55
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalarchive.library.bogazici.edu.tr/handle/123456789/17137
dc.publisherThesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Graduate Institute of Social Sciences, 2005.
dc.relationIncludes appendices.
dc.relationIncludes appendices.
dc.subject.lcshAutism in children.
dc.subject.lcshToddlers -- Psychology.
dc.titleA validity study of the modified checklist for autism in toddlers (M-CHAT) on a Turkish sample

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