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• TITLE: Validation of the Italian Version of the Developmental Disability-Child Global Assessment Scale (DD-CGAS)

  AUTHORS: Diego F. M. Mugno, Manuela Strano, Mara Collini, Andrea Gemma, Lavinia De Peppo, Laura Reale, Veronica Micalizio, Luigi Mazzone

  KEYWORDS: Assessment, Autism, Children, Functioning, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Italian

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.4 No.3, July 21, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Objective: The aim of this study is to validate the Italian version of the Developmental Disability-Child Global Assessment Scale (DD-CGAS), a scale developed to assess global functioning in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Methods: Following the validation procedures used for the English version of the scale, inter-rater reliability, temporal stability and convergent validity were assessed in a group of 48 children with ASD and temporal stability in a subset of 42 subjects. Results: Inter-rater reliability and temporal stability (ICC) were respectively 0.78 and 0.79; effect size for convergent validity were moderate to large; the pre-post DD-CGAS change had an effect size of 0.59. Conclusions: The Italian version of the DD-CGAS is a reliable instrument for measuring global functioning of children with ASD.