Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Social Responsiveness Scale

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 349-360

  Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^a,b,c   Liu, Li Ting ^b   Wu, Yu Yu ^d   Chiu, Yen Nan ^a   Tsai, Wen Che ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Chinese version; Factor analysis; Psychometric properties; Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CHINESE; CHINESE AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; CHINESE SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DSM-IV; EMOTION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TAIWAN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84869098390     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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