A preliminary study of usability of the Japanese version of Children's Playfulness Scale for the differentiating high functioning autism from typically developmental children

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  • 高機能自閉症および定型発達児の鑑別尺度としての遊びの質問票(Japanese version of Children's Playfulness Scale : JCPS)の有用性に関する予備的研究
  • コウキノウジヘイショウ オヨビ テイケイ ハッタツジ ノ カンベツ シャクド ト シテ ノ アソビ ノ シツモンヒョウ(Japanese version of Children's Playfulness Scale : JCPS)ノ ユウヨウセイ ニ カンスル ヨビテキ ケンキュウ

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The purpose of this preliminary study is to investigate usability of the Japanese version of Children's Playfulness Scale (JCPS) to be a supplement scale for screening high functioning autism in early developmental stage. METHOD : The social skills and free-play behaviors of five 3 to 6 year olds high functioning autism (HFA), and seven typically development (TD) children were compared. All of HFA children had been referred to the Senshu Psychoeducation Room (SPER). TD children were recruited from public nursery kindergarten near Senshu University. They were paid 2,000 yen for participation of the study. After we acquired written informed consent from mothers of every child precisely, they filled out the JCPS. RESULTS : HFA children were found to have significantly poorer skill in playfulness than TD children. Especially, significant differences were found between groups with regard to humor. Based on odds ratio in each question of the JCPS, the short version of JCPS (JCPS-SV), which consisted of 11 questions out of 23 was examined. The JCPS-SV also showed good reliability and validity.CONCLUSION : Though this is the preliminary study, the JCPS and its short version might be useful scale for detecting HFA in aspect of playfulness.

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