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1 gru 2020 · The EDA-QA is a 26 -item self-report adaptation of the observer-rated Extreme Demand Avoidance Questionnaire (EDA-Q) for use with adult populations. [4] The original EDA-Q for children showed good sensitivity and specificity for the construct, and had an internal reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) of 0.93. [5] Development of the ‘Extreme Demand ...
Identifying & Assessing PDA In January 2022 the PDA Society published ‘Identifying & Assessing a PDA profile – Practice Guidance’, collating the professional practice and experience of a multidisciplinary group of professionals working in the NHS and private practice. The guidance is shared below, with a PDF version available to download here and printed
Their paper went on to identify the ‘themes’ garnered from developmental histories that were very much more common in a PDA profile of autism, and which help to distinguish PDA from other conditions such as attachment disorders (see section 4.3). 5. 3. Marked demand avoidance. Avoidance of demands is not unusual.
The ‘Extreme Demand Avoidance Questionnaire’ (EDA-Q) was developed to measure behaviours reported in clinical accounts of extreme/‘pathological’ demand avoidance (PDA). The questionnaire allowed these traits to be measured consistently for research purposes. The EDA-Q should not be considered a diagnostic test.
PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is widely understood to be a profile on the autism spectrum, involving the avoidance of everyday demands and the use of ‘social’ strategies as part of this avoidance. PDA individuals share autistic characteristics and in addition have many of the ‘key features’ of a PDA profile:
25 sie 2023 · What it tests. The EDA-8 is an 8-item revised measure of the observer-rated Extreme Demand Avoidance Questionnaire (EDA-Q) for use with adult populations. [3] Development of the ‘Extreme Demand Avoidance Questionnaire’ (EDA-Q): preliminary observations on a trait measure for Pathological Demand Avoidance (O’Nions et al., 2013) [4] Extreme Demand Avoidance in Children with Autism Spectrum ...
The ‘Extreme Demand Avoidance Questionnaire’ (EDA-Q) was designed to quantify traits of extreme/‘pathological’ demand avoidance in children aged 5-17 for research purposes. The EDA-Q has now been superseded by a shorter version, the EDA-8 which contains only 8 of the original 26 items. More information on the EDA-8 and translations can be found here.
