Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Social Skills Improvement System Autism Spectrum Scale

Manying Hsieh; Hui-Ting Wang; Yu-Ping Chen; Wei-Cheng Wang

doi:10.1007/s10803-025-06893-x

Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Social Skills Improvement System Autism Spectrum Scale

J Autism Dev Disord. 2025 Jun 5. doi: 10.1007/s10803-025-06893-x. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Manying Hsieh^{1

2}, Hui-Ting Wang^{3

4}, Yu-Ping Chen^{5

6}, Wei-Cheng Wang^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Pingtung University, Pingtung City, Taiwan.
² , No. 4-18, Minsheng Rd., Pingtung City, 900, Taiwan.
³ Department of Special Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan. tinaw@ntnu.edu.tw.
⁴ , No. 162, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd., Taipei City, 106, Taiwan. tinaw@ntnu.edu.tw.
⁵ Department of Special Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
⁶ , No. 162, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd., Taipei City, 106, Taiwan.
⁷ Tzu Chi University, Hualien City, Taiwan.
⁸ , 701 Zhongyang Rd., Sec. 3, Hualien City, 970, Taiwan.

PMID: 40471399
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-025-06893-x

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the SSIS Autism Spectrum Scale Teacher Form, a scale of the SSIS-Rating Scales (Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scales) created by Gresham and Elliott. The scale consists of 15 items divided into two subscales: social skills and problem behaviors related to autism. The participants included 541 school-age children aged 4 to 18 years old (266 females, 275 males). The Autism Behavior Checklist-Taiwan Version Teacher Form was used as a criterion measure. Data analyses were performed using SPSS 25 and Mplus 8.3 statistical package programs, with procedures including reliability testing, criterion-related validity testing, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results suggested that the SSIS Autism Spectrum Scale Teacher Form has adequate internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, and convergent validity. In addition, the confirmatory factor analysis results supported the two-factor structure of the Chinese version of the SSIS Autism Spectrum Scale Teacher Form.

Keywords: Autism; Confirmatory factor analysis; Construct validity; Reliability.