The autism spectrum quotient: Children's version (AQ-Child)

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1230-1240

  Auyeung, Bonnie ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a   Wheelwright, Sally ^a   Allison, Carrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism Spectrum Quotient Children's Version; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENTA CHILDRENS VERSION; CHILD; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 48149087585     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0504-z     Document Type: Article

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