title: The usefulness of the Revised Psychoeducational Profile for the assessment of preschool children with pervasive developmental disorders.
abstract: Data from the Psychoeducational Profile-Revised (PEP-R) were analysed in a sample of 46 children, aged from 1.7 to 5.11 years, of whom 21 had autistic disorder (AD) and 25 had pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). Analysis with a t-test for independent samples revealed a significant difference (p < 0.05) between children with AD and those with PDD-NOS on both developmental and behavioural PEP-R scales, supporting the utility of the PEP-R in discriminating between two diagnostic groups. This study emphasizes the effectiveness of the PEP-R as a tool for the early assessment of children with pervasive developmental disorders.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Portoghese
authors.forename: Maura
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buttiglione
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pavone
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lozito
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Giacomo
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Margari
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007360:Intelligence; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results