Who Knows You Best: Adult Self-Report vs. Sibling Report vs. Parent Report
Ward, Olivia Faith
2021
- The use of parent report as the primary means of data collection in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is being reconsidered due to researchers’ growing understanding of the limitations of parent report and the value of self-report. As researchers begin to discover that parents are not always objective viewers of their children, it is imperative that the field of ASD research explores different ways ... read moreof assessing autistic individuals. Studying reporting measures from a variety of perspectives provides a more informed understanding of autistic traits and behaviors. This study examines special domains in ASD from the perspective of adult self-reports, siblings, and parents. The special domains explored include internalizing symptoms, restricted and repetitive behaviors, social skills, and adaptive functioning. Nine family triads made up of an autistic adult, a sibling, and a parent, completed a questionnaire consisting of the Beck’s Anxiety Index, Beck’s Depression Index, Theory of Mind Inventory, Social Responsiveness Scale, and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. The results, based on mixed correlations between family dyads, indicate that there is information to be learned from collecting data about autistic adults using all three sources. Exploring these varied perspectives will allow researchers and clinicians to find more effective ways to support autistic individuals, which advances this key goal in the field of ASD.read less
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