IBehavior - A Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment Tool for the Assessment of Behavior Change in Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present study was to describe the content and function of iBehavior, a smartphone-based caregiver-report electronic ecological momentary assessment (eEMA) tool developed to assess and track behavior change in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs), and to examine its preliminary validity. Ten parents of children (ages of 5-17 years) with IDDs (n = 7 with fragile X syndrome; n = 3 with Down syndrome) rated their child's behavior (aggression and irritability, avoidant and fearful behavior, restricted and repetitive behavior and interests, and social initiation) using iBehavior once daily for 14 days. At the conclusion of the 14-day observation period, parents completed traditional rating scales as validation measures, as well as a user

SUBMITTER: Dakopolos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153370 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature