title: The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale in a sample of normal French Children: a research note.
abstract: The Vineland Adaptive Behavior scale (survey form) was used in a sample of 151 normal children under age 18. Standardized mean scores of French children were comparable to those of the American normative sample. From the age of 6 onwards, French children scored consistently lower in the Daily Living Skills domain though the magnitude of this difference remained moderate. While the overall findings support the cross-cultural stability of the psychometric properties of this instrument, attention is drawn to potential problems in the use of the Vineland scales, with special reference to autistic samples.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (I.N.S.E.R.M.), Centre Alfred Binet, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fombonne
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Achard
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012951:Socialization