2003/08/14 by Anette Kjellberg, Lena Haglund, Kirsty Forsyth +1 · 1 citation
Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #Acis #Applied psychology #Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility #Clinical psychology #Computer science #Construct (python library) #Construct validity #Developmental psychology #Family and Disability Support Research #Medicine #Observational study #Occupational Therapy Practice and Research #Psychology #Psychometrics #Psychosocial #Psychotherapist #Rasch model #Rating scale #Reliability (semiconductor) #Scale (ratio)
paper · doi:10.1046/j.1471-6712.2003.00225.x
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The purpose of this study was to validate the Swedish translation of the Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills (ACIS-S) and its applicability in Sweden. The ACIS is an observational rating scale designed to capture, in detail, a person's social interactional ability, while he/she is participating in meaningful occupations. Eighteen occupational therapists trained in administering the ACIS-S, completed 157 ACIS-S assessments of 67 subjects with psychosocial and learning disabilities. Many-faceted Rasch analysis was used to analyse the data. The results supported internal, construct and person response validity of the ACIS-S, and rater validity and reliability. The scale effectively categorized subjects according to the levels of communication and interaction ability.