Factor analysis of the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire

Autism

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-112

  Posserud, Maj Britt ^a   Lundervold, Astri J ^a   Steijnen, Maaike C ^a   Verhoeven, Sophie ^a   Stormark, Kjell Morten ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire; Factor analysis; Norway; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORWAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 37849006829     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361307085268     Document Type: Article

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