Designing a Checklist to Monitor the Sexual Behavior of Children on the Autism Spectrum Verify its Validity and Reliability and Calibrate it to Suit the Local Environment

Abstract

The aim of the research was to design a list of monitoring the sexual behavior of children on the autism spectrum, and to verify its validity, stability and evaluation on the local environment. The list in its final form included (3) sections; The first section included application instructions directed to the examiner (the teacher, the guardian) and the method of answering, the second section included general data about the examiner and the examinee (the autistic spectrum child), and the third section included (50) items equally distributed on (5) dimensions (homosexuality, identity disorder). sexuality, homosexual masturbation, homosexual nudity, intercourse with others) are answered according to the five-step hierarchy, The validity and stability of the monitoring list were verified (content validity, arbitrators' validity, exploratory study, structural validity, opposite difference validity, age differences, internal consistency stability, repetition stability), and the list was calibrated according to the equations of the total range and the length of the category.