VABS
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS)
The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS) assess people's adaptive functioning, including communication, daily living, socialization and motor skills. This test is mainly administered as a semi-structured interview or as a questionnaire completed by a relative (parent, caregiver), allowing information to be gathered about the person's behavior in everyday life.
- Number of questions
- 297 questions
- Estimated duration
- 60 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales
- Target audience
- Children, adolescents, adults
- Authors
- Sara S. Sparrow, David A. Balla, Domenic V. Cicchetti (1984)
- Category
- General
Scoring & interpretation
Item responses are coded according to how often the described behaviors occur and are then converted into standard scores for each domain (communication, daily living skills, socialization, motor skills). The scores provide an overview of the level of adaptive functioning, with the possibility of interpreting each domain separately.
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