فاعلية الجزء الاول من مقياس السلوك التكيفي ABS-S:2 في التمييز بين الاعمار دراسة ميدانية على عينة من الاطفال العاديين في مدارس محافظة دمشق

This research aimed to identify the effectiveness of part one of the Syrian version of AAMR adaptive behavior scale - second school edition- in discriminating among children of different ages. The studied sample consisted of (490) second cycle school children of basic teaching at some schools Damascus aged (11-15). Results showed the ability of the part one of the Syrian version of adaptive behavior scale to discriminate among the five age groups, where there were statistically significant differences among children's scores on the total score and the sub-domains scores of the Scale according to variable of age. These differences were for the benefit of children with older age. The research concluded that the Scale was suitable in discriminating adaptive behavior skills and person's independence among students of ages (11-15) years included in the research sample.