Measuring CHAOS? Evaluating the short-form Confusion, Hubbub And Order Scale.

ABSTRACT: The Confusion, Hubbub and Order Scale (CHAOS) - short form - is a survey tool intended to capture information about home environments. It is widely used in studies of child and adolescent development and psychopathology, particularly twin studies. The original long form of the scale comprised 15 items and was validated in a sample of infants in the 1980s. The short form of the scale was developed in the late 1990s and contains six items, including four from the original scale, and two new items. This short form has not been validated and is the focus of this study. We use five samples drawn from twin studies in Australia, the UK, and the USA, and examine measurement invariance of the CHAOS short-form. We first compare alternate confirmatory factor models for each group; we next test betwee

SUBMITTER: Larsen SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10961925 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature