Background/Objective

Research on selective mutism (SM) has been limited by the absence of standardised, psychometrically sound and cross-culturally valid assessment measures. Our aim is to present the results of a study of the factor structure and the reliability and concurrent validity of the scores of the Selective Mutism Questionnaire (SMQ), translated and adapted into Spanish. The SMQ contains 17 items about children's difficulty in speaking adequately in the family, school and social environment (out-of-school and out-of-family), each of which is answered according to a Likert scale with four response alternatives on speech frequency. Method: The study involved 110 pairs of parents of children diagnosed with SM whose ages ranged from 3 to 10 years. Results: The results show that the data from the Spanish sample fit the factorial model obtained by Bergman et al., and that data on its reliability and validity are robust and confirm that it as a good instrument for assessing SM in Spanish-speaking children. Conclusions: Therefore, we can affirm that the SMQ is a good instrument to assess SM in Spanish-speaking children.

中文翻译：

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西班牙儿童选择性mutism问卷的心理计量学特性

背景/目标

由于缺乏标准化的，心理上合理的和跨文化的有效评估措施，对选择性默症（SM）的研究受到了限制。我们的目的是介绍选择性谬误问卷（SMQ）的因素结构以及分数的可靠性和并发有效性的研究结果，并将其翻译成西班牙语。SMQ包含17项关于儿童在家庭，学校和社交环境（校外和家庭外）中难以充分说话的困难，每项均根据李克特量表进行回答，并在语音频率上有四个替代答案。方法：该研究涉及110对诊断为SM的儿童父母，年龄在3至10岁之间。结果：结果表明，来自西班牙样本的数据符合Bergman等人获得的阶乘模型，并且其信度和效度数据非常可靠，证实了它是评估西班牙语儿童SM的良好工具。结论：因此，我们可以肯定，SMQ是评估西班牙语儿童SM的良好工具。