Autistic features in a total population of 7-9-year-old children assessed by the ASSQ (Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire)

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-175

  Posserud, Maj Britt ^a   Lundervold, Astri J ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; ASSQ; Autism; Child psychiatry; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORWAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645893472     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01462.x     Document Type: Article

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