Psychometric properties of the Mandarin version of the Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): An exploratory study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1565-1576

  Sun, Xiang ^a,b,c   Allison, Carrie ^b   Auyeung, Bonnie ^b,d   Matthews, Fiona E ^a   Norton, Samuel ^e   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum conditions; CAST; Categorical data factor analysis; China; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD AUTISM SPECTRUM TEST; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDARIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHINA; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84903712750     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-2024-3     Document Type: Article

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