Psychometric properties of the STAT for early autism screening

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 691-701

  Stone, Wendy L ^a   Coonrod, Elaine E ^b   Turner, Lauren M ^b   Pozdol, Stacie L ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AUTISM; Early identification; Screening; Young children

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 11144336032     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-004-5289-8     Document Type: Review

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