Eating Challenges in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Development and Validation of the “Aut-Eat” Questionnaire (AEQ)

Eynat Gal; Rotem Gal-Mishael; Roni Enten Vissoker; Darren Hedley; Simon M. Bury; Orit Stolar

doi:10.1007/s10803-021-04978-x

Eating Challenges in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Development and Validation of the “Aut-Eat” Questionnaire (AEQ)

Eynat Gal
, Rotem Gal-Mishael
, Roni Enten Vissoker
, Darren Hedley
, Simon M. Bury
, Orit Stolar

Department of Occupational Therapy

University of Haifa

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Abstract

The Aut-Eat Questionnaire (AEQ) provides a novel and comprehensive assessment of eating problems and patterns in children with ASD. To establish the internal consistency and discriminant validity of the AEQ, parents of children with ASD (n = 105, M_age = 40.85, SD = 15.67 months) or typical development (TD; n = 98, M_age = 50.33, SD = 16.50 months) completed the AEQ. Questionnaire construction, content validity, factor analysis, internal consistency and discriminant validity are reported. The AEQ was reliable with high internal consistency in most domains. Significant differences were found between groups in all domains. The AEQ is a reliable and valid tool and may help to characterize eating difficulties in this population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	811-822
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	52
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04978-x
State	Published - Feb 2022

Keywords

Autism eating assessment
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Eating problems

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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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