Validation of a brief quantitative measure of autistic traits: Comparison of the social responsiveness scale with the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-433

  Constantino, John N ^a   Davis, Sandra A ^a   Todd, Richard D ^a   Schindler, Matthew K ^a   Gross, Maggie M ^a   Brophy, Susan L ^a   Metzger, Lisa M ^a   Shoushtari, Christiana S ^a   Splinter, Reagan ^a   Reich, Wendy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADI R; PDD; Psychometrics; Social responsiveness scale

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0141539482     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025014929212     Document Type: Article

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