{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,25]],"date-time":"2026-09-25T16:52:47Z","timestamp":1790355167192,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":55,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,19]],"date-time":"2025-12-19T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1766102400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":18,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,1]],"date-time":"2025-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1764547200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/doi.wiley.com\/10.1002\/tdm_license_1.1"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Int J Methods Psych Res"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>ABSTRACT<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In middle\u2010 and lower\u2010income countries, the scarcity of psychiatric expertise and IQ testing should be considered when developing and testing assessment tools. This study aims to assess the psychometric properties of a modified Arabic version of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale 2 Standard Form.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A diagnostic accuracy study, including 286 children, was conducted from December 1, 2023, to August 1, 2024, at Baghdad's National Centre and Al\u2010Subtain Academy for Autism. Confirmatory factor analysis was utilized for structural validity, standardized alpha and the average inter\u2010item correlation for reliability, and ROC curve analysis for diagnostic accuracy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Good fit was demonstrated for the 1\u2010, 2\u2010, and 3\u2010factor solutions. In all models, \u2018activity levels\u2019 had the lowest loadings and higher scores in children with ADHD (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010value\u00a0=\u00a00.0002). Excellent internal consistency was shown with a standardised alpha of 0.90 (&gt;\u00a00.7) and an average inter\u2010item correlation of 0.394 (&gt;\u00a00.15). At the optimal cut\u2010off (\u2265\u00a028.5), the scale had a sensitivity of 82.6%, a specificity of 93.4%, and would increase the child's odds of having ASD by 12.5.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The modified scale has good psychometric properties and might be utilised to adjust the psychiatric evaluation of children suspected of having a neurodevelopmental disorder.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/mpr.70047","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,20]],"date-time":"2025-12-20T04:51:03Z","timestamp":1766206263000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Psychometric Properties of an Arabic Modified Childhood Autism Rating Scale 2 Standard Form"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Mais Najah Razak","family":"Al\u2010Shibly","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Al\u2010Subtain Academy for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders  Karbala Iraq"},{"name":"Baghdad Teaching Hospital  Baghdad Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ali Hussein","family":"AlHusseiny","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Baghdad Teaching Hospital  Baghdad Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Faris","family":"Lami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Al\u2010Subtain University of Medical Sciences International Branch of Tehran University for Medical Sciences  Karbala Iraq"},{"name":"Department of Community Medicine College of Medicine University of Baghdad  Baghdad Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shatha Mohammed","family":"Jasim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Al\u2010Subtain Academy for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders  Karbala Iraq"},{"name":"Al\u2010Subtain University of Medical Sciences International Branch of Tehran University for Medical Sciences  Karbala Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Osamah Abbas","family":"Jaber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Al\u2010Subtain Academy for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders  Karbala Iraq"},{"name":"Al\u2010Subtain University of Medical Sciences International Branch of Tehran University for Medical Sciences  Karbala Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nahid Dehghan","family":"Nayeri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Al\u2010Subtain University of Medical Sciences International Branch of Tehran University for Medical Sciences  Karbala Iraq"},{"name":"Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Centre School of Nursing and Midwifery Tehran University of Medical Sciences  Tehran Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mahdi Shafiee","family":"Sabet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Al\u2010Subtain University of Medical Sciences International Branch of Tehran University for Medical Sciences  Karbala Iraq"},{"name":"Department of Family Medicine School of Medicine Tehran University of Medical Sciences  Tehran Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7427-8310","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ghaith","family":"Al\u2010Gburi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Al\u2010Subtain University of Medical Sciences International Branch of Tehran University for Medical Sciences  Karbala Iraq"},{"name":"School of Biosciences Birmingham University  Birmingham UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_13_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02294359"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rasd.2013.05.004"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_4_1","first-page":"39","article-title":"Toddlers Screening For Autism in Babil Province\/Iraq","volume":"14","author":"Al\u2010Marzoki J.","year":"2013","journal-title":"Journal of the Arab Board of Health Specializations"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rasd.2021.101827"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1176\/appi.books.9780890425596"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803\u2010023\u201005993\u2010w"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3102\/10769986027004335"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1553\u20102712.1996.tb03538.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10705510701301834"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/1040\u20103590.6.4.284"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/1040\u20103590.7.3.309"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00031305.1990.10475751"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803\u2010016\u20102860\u2010z"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0925\u20105273(98)00007\u20103"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11136\u2010021\u201002822\u20104"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02212193"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_18_1","volume-title":"GARS\u20103: Examiner\u2019s Manual","author":"Gilliam J. E.","year":"2014"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10566\u2010024\u201009792\u2010x"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0191\u20108869(98)00115\u20109"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rasd.2018.02.001"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_22_1","unstructured":"Hair J. W.Black B.Babin andR.Anderson.2010. \u201cMultivariate Data Analysis: A Global Perspective.\u201d"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10705519909540118"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5765\/jkacap.220027"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0734282916635465"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41398\u2010023\u201002374\u2010w"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_27_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/pcn.12540"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_28_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803\u2010020\u201004839\u2010z"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_29_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rasd.2023.102128"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_30_1","volume-title":"ADOS\u20102: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule","author":"Lord C.","year":"2012"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_31_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/1082\u2010989X.4.1.84"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_32_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.ss7202a1"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_33_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/dmcn.14246"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_34_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci10030180"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_35_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.psychres.2019.112679"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_36_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/271063"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_37_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10803\u2010021\u201005377\u2010y"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_38_1","first-page":"30","volume-title":"Autism Diagnostic interview\u2010revised","author":"Rutter M.","year":"2003"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_39_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci12111433"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_40_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci12050537"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_41_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19084581"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_42_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1362361317698938"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_43_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/bs12100382"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_44_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.23668\/psycharchives.12784"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_45_1","volume-title":"The Childhood Autism Rating Scale, (CARS2)","author":"Schopler E.","year":"2010"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_46_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/09297049.2016.1216536"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_47_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2023.1071181"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_48_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/1130296"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_49_1","volume-title":"World Mental Health Day 2020 A Message From the WHO Country Representative, Iraq, Dr Adham Ismail","author":"The World Health Organization","year":"2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_50_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0734282911400873"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_51_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00127\u2010019\u201001674\u20101"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_52_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2022.856084"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_53_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/wcs.1426"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_54_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/1097\u20100142(1950)3:1<32::AID\u2010CNCR2820030106>3.0.CO;2\u20103"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_55_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/10731911231173089"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_56_1","volume-title":"A Handbook on SEM Structural Equation Modelling: SEM Using AMOS Graphic","author":"Zainudin A.","year":"2012"}],"container-title":["International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/mpr.70047","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1002\/mpr.70047","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/mpr.70047","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,10]],"date-time":"2026-02-10T21:28:03Z","timestamp":1770758883000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/mpr.70047"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]},"references-count":55,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1002\/mpr.70047"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/mpr.70047","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1049-8931","1557-0657"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1049-8931","type":"print"},{"value":"1557-0657","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2025-05-01","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2025-11-10","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2025-12-19","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}],"article-number":"e70047"}}