Measuring autistic traits in the general population: A systematic review of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) in a nonclinical population sample of 6,900 typical adult males and females

Molecular Autism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ruzich, Emily ^a,b   Allison, Carrie ^b   Smith, Paula ^b   Watson, Peter ^c   Auyeung, Bonnie ^b,d   Ring, Howard ^a,e,f   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e NIHR CLAHRC East of England   (United Kingdom)

^f CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum quotient; Autistic traits; Mean score; Sex differences; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84927616842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-6-2     Document Type: Article

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