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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2024

Assessing Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours in Online-Sampled Autistic and Non-autistic Individuals: Factor Structure of the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire for Adults (RBQ-2A).

Jack D Brett, Brooke Peden, David A Preece, Andrew Whitehouse, Rodrigo Becerra, Murray T Maybery

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  1. A Factor-Analytic Approach for Psychometric Properties of the Repetitive Behaviors Questionnaire-3 (RBQ-3) for Turkish Population.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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Jack D BrettThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. jack.brett@research.uwa.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5022-9925
Brooke PedenThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
David A PreeceThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1060-2024
Andrew WhitehouseTelethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Rodrigo BecerraThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8286-7254
Murray T MayberyThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-1382

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The Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire for Adults (RBQ-2A) measures two factors of restricted and repetitive behaviours (RRBs) associated with autism. However, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) provides four criteria for RRBs: repetitive motor behaviours, insistence on sameness, restricted interests, and interest in sensory aspects of the environment (or atypical sensitivity). The current paper aimed to examine whether the RBQ-2A is a psychometrically sound measure of these four factors. Study 1 had university students (N = 368) complete the RBQ-2A and other related measures online and revealed that the RBQ-2A can assess the factors highlighted in the DSM-5 and that these four factors comprise a general RRB construct. Study 2 had individuals disclosing a diagnosis of autism (N = 283) complete the RBQ-2A and other related measures online and supported that this four-factor structure provided good psychometric properties. While the current paper provides findings for an online autistic population, further research is needed to generalize these findings to autistic individuals less likely to partake in online studies (e.g., those with intellectual or language disabilities). Overall, the results suggest that the RBQ-2A reliably and validly assesses RRBs.

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Autistic DisorderPsychometricsAdolescentAdultFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansInternetMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsStereotyped BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultAdultAutismConfirmatory factor analysisExploratory structural equation modellingQuestionnaireRestricted and repetitive behaviours

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