title: Concurrent validity of the scale for screening of developmental delay.
abstract: This study establishes the concurrent validity of the Screening Scale of Developmental Delay II (SSDD-II) with the Bayley Scale of Infant Development II (BSID-II). Three hundred and seventy-nine children referred by pediatricians at the Clinic of Developmental Delay at the Kaohsiung Medical University-Medical Center were tested using the SSDD-II, and about 1 week to 1 month later, they were tested again using the BSID-II. The results indicate that (1) the SSDD-II score increased as age increased, fitting the principle of developmental sequence. (2) The raw scores of the Mental and Motor scales of the BSID-II significantly correlated with the five subscales of the SSDD-II. (3) The three facet scale scores (language, cognitive and motor) of the BSID-II also significantly correlated with the five subscales of the SSDD-II. The SSDD-II has a high concurrent validity, and is a convenient scale to use to screen children for developmental delay in clinical practice in Taiwan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. hlhuang@cc.kmu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Huei-Lin
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yu-Lien
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen-Yu
authors.forename: Yug-Jyu
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jong
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D011581:Psychological Tests