Examining measurement invariance and differences across groups in the support needs of children with and without intellectual disability
Abstract: Background: The purposes of this study were to empirically determine whether the support needs construct is generalizable across children with and without intellectual disability and to conduct cross?group comparisons to explore how extraordinary and non?extraordinary support needs differ...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Cantabria (UC) |
| Repositorio: | UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/31055 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10902/31055 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Support needs Support needs assessment Supports intensity scale-children’s version Measurement invariance Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis |
| Sumario: | Abstract: Background: The purposes of this study were to empirically determine whether the support needs construct is generalizable across children with and without intellectual disability and to conduct cross?group comparisons to explore how extraordinary and non?extraordinary support needs differ in children. Method: One thousand thirty?six children (814 with intellectual disability 222 with?out intellectual disability) were assessed using the SIS?C.Results: The SIS?C achieved scalar invariance between children with and without intellectual disability. Cross?group comparisons revealed differences in variances, in correlations between factors and significant latent mean differences for all factors. Conclusion: Results show that the support needs construct is generalizable to chil?dren with and without intellectual disability and that there are no qualitative differ?ences in how they show their support needs, so typically developing children can be used as a reference group to explore differences between extraordinary and non?ex?traordinary support needs. Conceptual and practical implications are discussed, and future lines of research are provided. |
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