Autism Family Experience Questionnaire (AFEQ)

Developed to capture parent perspective of family experience when have child with autism. Developed through parent-generated input, specifically designed to assess impact of parent-child intervention. Measures family’s experience across 4 domains: experience of being a parent; family life; child development, understanding, and social relationships; child symptoms (feelings and behavior). Validated and tested for responsiveness to change.

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Leadbitter, K., Aldred, C., McConachie, H., Le Couteur, A., Kapadia, D., Charman, T., Macdonald, W., Salomone, E., Emsley, R., & Green, J. (2018). The Autism Family Experience Questionnaire (AFEQ): An Ecologically-Valid, Parent-Nominated Measure of Family Experience, Quality of Life and Prioritized Outcomes for Early Intervention. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(4), 1052–1062.

Additional information

Construct

Family experiences, Family life/routines
Condition

Autism
Age

Child
Country Where Developed

United Kingdom
Number of Items

48
Subscales

Child Development, Child Symptoms, Family, Parent
Short Form?

No
Respondent

Parent
Language(s)

English
Cost/Fee

No cost
How to Access

Available in online supplementary material of online (Open access) version of (Leadbitter, 2017), (Online article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-017-3350-7)