Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Social Communication Questionnaire

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 809-818

  Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^a,b   Lee, Chi Mei ^a,c   Lai, Meng Chuan ^a,d   Chiu, Yen Nan ^a   Huang, Ya Fen ^e   Kao, Jen Der ^e   Wu, Yu Yu ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Chinese version; Reliability; SCQ; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CHILD; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 78650711756     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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