Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)

The Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) is a screening instrument that measures developmental performance in young children aged 1 month-5.5 years. Early childhood educators and healthcare professionals use ASQ to collect information from parents on children’s development in five domains: communication, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, problem solving, and personal-social skills. 

The most recent version of ASQ as of 2022 is ASQ-3, the third edition of the instrument. ASQ-3 offers 21 parent/caregiver questionnaires that are used depending on the child's age.

Content

Sub-Category
Domains
Development
Grades
< 3 Years,
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten
Languages
English,
Spanish,
Chinese,
Other
Other Language/s
Arabic, French, Vietnamese
Respondent
Parent

Administration Information

Length
10–15 minutes for parents to complete, 1–3 minutes for professionals to score
Qualifications

No training required

Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Price

Prices vary, see publisher’s website

Contact

Contact publisher (Brookes) at https://agesandstages.com/contact-us/

Open Access
No
Use in Research

Ahmed, S. M., Mishra, G. D., Moss, K. M., Yang, I. A., Lycett, K., & Knibbs, L. D. (2022). Maternal and childhood ambient air pollution exposure and mental health symptoms and psychomotor development in children: An Australian population-based longitudinal study. Environment International, 158, 107003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107003 

Sullivan, J., Mei, M., Perfors, A., Wojcik, E., & Frank, M. C. (2022). SAYCam: A large, longitudinal audiovisual dataset recorded from the infant’s perspective. Open Mind, 5, 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1162/opmi_a_00039 

Madigan, S., Browne, D., Racine, N., Mori, C., & Tough, S. (2019). Association between screen time and children’s performance on a developmental screening test. JAMA pediatrics, 173(3), 244-250. https//doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.5056

Psychometrics

Scoring
Computer scoring,
Manual scoring
Psychometric References

Hornman, J., Kerstjens, J. M., de Winter, A. F., Bos, A. F., & Reijneveld, S. A. (2013). Validity and internal consistency of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire 60-month version and the effect of three scoring methods. Early Human Development, 89(12), 1011-1015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.08.016 

San Antonio, M. C., Fenick, A. M., Shabanova, V., Leventhal, J. M., & Weitzman, C. C. (2014). Developmental screening using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire: standardized versus real-world conditions. Infants & Young Children, 27(2), 111-119. https//doi.org/10.1097/IYC.0000000000000005 

Schonhaut, L., Armijo, I., Schönstedt, M., Alvarez, J., & Cordero, M. (2013). Validity of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires in term and preterm infants. Pediatrics, 131(5), e1468-e1474. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2012-3313 

Squires, J., Twombly, E., Bricker, D., Potter, L. (2009). ASQ-3™ User's Guide. Brookes Publishing. https://agesandstages.com/

Squires, J., Bricker, D., & Potter, L. (1997). Revision of a parent-completed developmental screening tool: Ages and Stages Questionnaires. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 22(3), 313-328. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/22.3.313 

Squires, J. K., Potter, L., Bricker, D. D., & Lamorey, S. (1998). Parent-completed developmental questionnaires: Effectiveness with low and middle income parents. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(2), 345-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0885-2006(99)80043-X 

Psychometric Considerations

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