The reliability and validity of the Social Responsiveness Scale in a UK general child population

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 944-950

  Wigham, Sarah ^a   McConachie, Helen ^a   Tandos, Jonathan ^a   Le Couteur, Ann S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychometric properties; Social responsiveness scale; UK general child population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENT; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 84856038721     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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