Last modified: 2014-04-03
Abstract
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS) is the most widely used scale for social and adaptive behavior, but its use in India has so far been very limited.
Objective: To translate the entire VABS II Survey Form into Hindi, adapt it for the Indian setting and use it in a sample of 3-9 year old Indian children to study relative strengths and weaknesses of subsets of Indian children.
Methods: The entire VABS II Survey Form was translated into Hindi without disturbing the structure and format. Inappropriate questions were adapted by peer group discussion and testing. Inter-rater and test-retest reliability were checked. Validity was checked by using it to differentiate typically developing children from those with parental concerns. It was then used in a sample of 3-9 year old children and Adaptive Behaviour Composite (ABC) Scores, Domain Standard scores (DSS) and Maladaptive-v scores (MBI) were compared between different subsets of children.
Results: 44 of the 433 (10.16%) items needed adaptation but for 16 (3.6%) no satisfactory adaptation could be made. The adapted, instrument was reliable and valid. Highly significant differences were found in all domains (except MBI) with higher scores for urban vs rural children, school going vs non school going, working vs housewife mothers and higher socioeconomic strata. Motor development was significantly correlated with weight-for-age percentage which in turn was related to the variables studied.
Conclusions: The VABS could be satisfactorily translated and adapted but its application in Indian children was difficult owing to the huge rural-urban and socioeconomic gap.
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