A meta-analysis of the social communication questionnaire: Screening for autism spectrum disorder

Autism

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 920-928

  Chesnut, Steven R ^a   Wei, Tianlan ^b   Barnard Brak, Lucy ^c   Richman, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

area under the curve; autism spectrum disorder; meta analysis; receiver operating characteristic curve; screener accuracy; Social Communication Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS;

AREA UNDER CURVE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85030227720     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361316660065     Document Type: Review

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