Dimensional Assessment of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors: Development and Preliminary Validation of a New Measure

M Uljarević; TW Frazier; B Jo; L Scahill; EA Youngstrom; E Spackman; JM Phillips; W Billingham; A Hardan

Journal article

Dimensional Assessment of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors: Development and Preliminary Validation of a New Measure

M Uljarević, TW Frazier, B Jo, L Scahill, EA Youngstrom, E Spackman, JM Phillips, W Billingham, A Hardan

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.07.863

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to provide initial validation of the Dimensional Assessment of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors (DARB), a new parent-report measure designed to capture the full range of key restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRB) subdomains. Method: Parents of 1,892 children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (mean [SD] age = 10.81 [4.14] years) recruited from the SPARK (Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge) research match completed the DARB, several existing RRB instruments, and measures of social and communication impairments and anxiety. A subsample of 450 parents completed the DARB after 2 weeks to evaluate the test-retest stability. Result..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The study was supported by grant R21MH121876-01 (Hardan and Jo) from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Mirko Uljarevic & nbsp;is currently supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE180100632).