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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Autism. 2008 Sep;12(5):487–511. doi: 10.1177/1362361308094501

Table 3.

Agreement of Parent Concern and Infant-Toddler Checklist Screen Compared to Communication on the Behavior Sample

Age in Months when ITC was Completed
6–8 9–11 12–14 15–17 18–20 21–24

Delayed Communicationa n = 17 n = 66 n = 100 n = 86 n = 79 n = 57
Parent Concern
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

 ITC Positive Screen 18% 18% 29% 53% 24% 74% 34% 58% 42% 41% 53% 33%
 ITC Negative Screen 35% 29% 2% 17% 0% 2% 0% 8% 8% 10% 7% 7%

Typical Communicationa n = 83 n = 193 n = 230 n = 152 n = 140 n = 71

Parent Concern
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

 ITC Positive Screen 2% 7% 3% 9% 4% 11% 9% 13% 5% 9% 14% 4%
 ITC Negative Screen 18% 72% 13% 76% 14% 70% 9% 70% 27% 59% 46% 35%

Kappa Statistic
 Parent Concern & ITC Screen .08 .19** .10* .28*** .15* .08
 Parent Concern and Behavior Sample .27** .16** .06 .18** .17* .01
 ITC Screen and Behavior Sample .28** .67*** .75*** .66*** .68*** .67***
Logistic Regression Delay Typical Delay Typical Delay Typical Delay Typical Delay Typical Delay Typical
 Percentage of Correct Prediction 17.6 97.6 81.8 88.6 98.0 84.3 91.9 78.3 82.3 86.4 86.0 81.7
 β (S.E.) for Parent Concern −1.45 (.58)** −0.26 (.46) −0.22 (.43) −0.22 (.41) −0.53 (.39) 0.53 (.51)
 β (S.E.) for or ITC Screen −1.60 (.67)** −3.52 (.40)*** −5.60 (.74)*** −3.77 (.46)*** −3.35 (.39)*** −3.40 (.51)***
a

Based on the CSBS DP Behavior Sample standard scores in the second year

*

p <.05

**

p <.01

***

p <.001