DABS Literature

Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles Concerning the DABS

• Arias, B., Verdugo, M.A, Navas, P., & Gomez, L.E. (2013). Factor structure of the construct of adaptive behavior in children with and without intellectual disability, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology: May 2013: Vol. 13, No 2, pp 155-166.
• Balboni, G., Tasse, M.J., Schalock, R.L., Borthwick-Duffy, S.A., Spreat, S., Widaman,K.F., Zhang, D. & Navas, P. (2014). The Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale: evaluating its diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, Research in Developmental Disabilities: November 2014, Vol. 31, No 11, pp. 2884-2893.
• Navas, P., Verdugo, M.A. Arias, B. & Gomez, L.E. (2014). Development of an instrument for diagnosing significant limitations in adaptive behavior in early childhood, Research in Developmental Disabilities: September 2012, Vol. 33, No 5, pp. 1551-1559.
• Tasse, M.J., Luckasson, R., & Schalock, R.L. (2016). The relation between intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior in the diagnosis of intellectual disability, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: December 2016, Vol 54, No 6, pp. 381-390.
  
• Tasse, M.J., Schalock, R. L., Balboni,G., Bersani, H., Borthwick-Duffy, S.A., Spreat, S., Thissen, D. Widaman, K.F., & Zhang, D. (2012). The construct of adaptive behavior: Its conceptualization, measurement, and use in the field of intellectual disability, American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: July 2012, Vol. 117, No. 4, pp. 293-303.
• Tasse, M.J., Schalock, R. L., Balboni, G., Spreat, S., & Navias P. ( 2016). Validity and reliability of the Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research: January 2016 , Vol 60 No 1, pp. 80-88.
• Tasse, M.J., Schalock, R. L., Thissen, D. Balboni,G., Bersani, H., Borthwick-Duffy, S.A., Spreat, S.,   Widaman,K.F., Zhang, D. & Navas, P. (2016). Development and standardization of the Diagnostic Adaptive Behavior Scale: Application of Item Response Theory to the assessment of adaptive behavior. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: March 2016, Vol. 121, No. 2, pp. 79-94.