PO060: Psychometric Properties of the Autism Parenting Stress Index

  • PMD: 9
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 4: Recent Developments in Assessment and Research

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. describe the importance of assessing stress among parents of children with ASD;
  2. evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the APSI;
  3. describe the constructs assessed by the APSI; and
  4. decide whether to use this test when working with parents of students with ASD.

Description

This study aimed to determine if the APSI produces reliable scores in parents of children with ASD and identify how demographic factors correlate with parent stress levels.

Presenter(s)

Katherine Cantrell, University of Texas at San Antonio
Jeremy R. Sullivan, University of Texas at San Antonio
Leslie C. Neely, University of Texas at San Antonio
Felicia C. Villarreal, University of Texas at San Antonio

Contributor(s)

Marie Kirkpatrick, Hannah MacNaul

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