Levante, Annalisa Petrocchi, Serena Massagli, Angelo Filograna, Maria Rosaria De Giorgi, Serafino Lecciso, Flavia 2020-02-18 This study examined the cross-cultural generalisability of the First Year Inventory (FYI) on an Italian sample, testing its construct validity, consistency, and structural validity. Six hundred ninety-eight parents of children aged 11–13 months completed the questionnaire. Similarities between analyses of Italian and American/Israeli samples were found, as were demonstrations of the instrument’s construct validity and internal consistency with both groups. The original factorial structure was not demonstrated; thus, a new factorial structure was tested, and a short version of the FYI was demonstrated via confirmatory factor analysis. The findings supported the generalisability of the Italian version of the FYI and its validity. The FYI may aid in medical decisionmaking on further steps for referral of the child to an early diagnostic assessment. application/pdf https://susi.usi.ch/global/documents/319151 https://n2t.net/ark:/12658/srd1319151 https://susi.usi.ch/documents/319151/files/Petrocchi_brainsci_2020.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/brainsci10020108 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/ark/12658/srd1319151 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC BY Brain sciences. - 2020, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 24 p First Year Inventory Autism spectrum disorders Early screening Risk Cross-cultural generalisability Validity info:eu-repo/classification/udc/159.9 Early screening of the autism spectrum disorders : validity properties and cross-cultural generalizability of the First Year Inventory in Italy http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501