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Functioning assessment short test for autism (FAST-A): a tool to evaluate adaptive functioning in autistic adults
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Adaptive functioning has been shown to be an important determinant of outcome in autistic individuals, determining the level of independence. This must be one of the main therapeutic objectives when working with autistic individuals and for this it is needed valid and easy tools to evaluate both, functioning of individuals and causes of failure to achieve it. A sample of 319 autistic adults from the population monitored within the Comprehensive Care Program for autistic individuals (PAITEA) of the Vall d'Hebron Hospital Psychiatry Service was included. An EFA was used to explore the factorial structure of the FAST-A. Posteriorly, an CFA was performed. Independent samples t-tests were performed comparing men (n = 203) and women (n = 116) and patients aged 18–25 years (n = 155) with those aged 25 years and older (n = 164) on the FAST-A scores. An EFA with a ‘Maximum likelihood’ extraction method was used in combination with an ‘oblimin’ rotation to explore the factorial structure of the FAST-A. We retained 4 factors due to the convergence of the analysis of the inflexion point of the scree plot and Kaiser’s criterion (eigenvalues greater than 1,00), explaining almost 61% of the total variance. 5 items were eliminated in an iterative process used to improve the structure, reliability, and validity of the scale.
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Autistic adult
Adaptive functioning
EFA
CFA
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