Development of the Adolescent and Young Adult Activity Card Sort

Christine Berg, Mary McCollum, Esther Cho, Dawn Jason

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Abstract

Emerging adulthood defines transition to employment, higher education, and domestic life. This study describes the development of an assessment of self-reported participation in a range of age-appropriate activities. Item selection was established from literature review, feedback from youth and professionals, the former Adolescent Activity Card Sort (AACS), and the original Activity Card Sort (ACS). Iterative item selection occurred with three separate samples of emerging adults and six professionals. Test-retest reliability was evaluated. The Adolescent and Young Adult Activity Card Sort (AYA-ACS) consists of chores (11 items), leisure (13), social (10), health and fitness (9), work (10), education (8), and parenting (9). Test-retest reliability showed significant moderate to substantial Kappa agreement (.48-.85) for all domains except parenting (κ =.15). This preliminary study describes the development of the AYA-ACS to be used with individuals who encounter challenges when transitioning to young adulthood.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)221-231
Number of pages11
JournalOTJR Occupation, Participation and Health
Volume35
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2015

Keywords

  • Activity Card Sort
  • occupation
  • participation

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