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Anxiety in Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: Examination of Factorial Equivalence
Behavior therapy, v 46(1), 40
01 Jan 2015
PMCID: PMC4273846
PMID: 25526834
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Abstract
Although anxiety is frequently reported among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it has not been established that the manifest symptoms of anxiety in the context of ASD are the same as those seen in youth without ASD. This study sought to examine the metric and latent factor equivalence of anxiety as measured by the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, parent-report (MASC-P) and child-report (MASC-C), in youth with anxiety disorders and ASD with intact verbal ability (n = 109, M-age = 11.67 years, 99 male) and a gender-matched comparison group of typically developing (TD) children and adolescents with anxiety disorders but without ASD (n = 342, M-age = 11.25 years, 246 male). Multigroup factorial invariance (MFI) using structural equation modeling indicated equivalent latent factors in youth with and without ASD on the MASC-C (metric invariance). However, the item means and covariances along with the relations among the factor scores were different for the youth with ASD (i.e., lack of evidence for scalar or structural invariance). The MASC-P data did not fit the measure's established structure for either the ASD or TD group, and post-hoc exploratory factor analysis revealed a different factor structure in the ASD group. Findings suggest that the MASC-C may not measure identical constructs in anxious youth with and without ASD. Further research on the structure of the MASC in clinical samples is warranted.
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- Title
- Anxiety in Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: Examination of Factorial Equivalence
- Creators
- Susan W. White - Virginia TechMatthew D. Lerner - Stony Brook UniversityBryce D. McLeod - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityJeffrey J. Wood - University of California, Los AngelesGolda S. Ginsburg - Johns Hopkins MedicineConnor Kerns - Drexel UniversityThomas Ollendick - Virginia TechPhilip C. Kendall - Temple UniversityJohn Piacentini - University of California, Los AngelesJohn Walkup - Cornell UniversityScott Compton - Duke University
- Publication Details
- Behavior therapy, v 46(1), 40
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- MH64003; MH64089; MH075806; MH64092; MH64088; MH63747; MH64107; U01 MH064089; MH079945 / NIMH NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH064107 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000348012900005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84919621471
- Other Identifier
- 991021861832304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychiatry
- Psychology, Clinical