Cross-Cultural Validity of the Social Communication Questionnaire for Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 393-404

  Sappok, Tanja ^a   Brooks, Whitney ^b   Heinrich, Manuel ^a,c   McCarthy, Jane ^d   Underwood, Lisa ^d,e  

^a Königin Elisabeth Herzberge Hospital   (Germany)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Diagnostics; Intellectual developmental disorder; SCQ; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENGLAND; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OHIO; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BERLIN; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; OHIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84996598262     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2967-2     Document Type: Article

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