Autistic traits and autism spectrum disorders: The clinical validity of two measures presuming a continuum of social communication skills
Research indicates that autism is the extreme end of a continuously distributed trait. The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and the Social and Communication Disorders Checklist (SCDC) aim to assess autistic traits. The objective of this study was to compare their clinical validity. The SRS showed s...
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| author | Bölte, Sven Westerwald, E. Holtmann, M. Freitag, C. Poustka, F. |
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| description | Research indicates that autism is the extreme end of a continuously distributed trait. The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and the Social and Communication Disorders Checklist (SCDC) aim to assess autistic traits. The objective of this study was to compare their clinical validity. The SRS showed sensitivities of .74 to .80 and specificities of .69 to 1.00 for autism. Sensitivities were .85 to .90 and specificities .28 to.82 for the SCDC. Correlations with the ADI-R, ADOS and SCQ were higher for the SRS than for the SCDC. The SCDC seems superior to the SRS to screen for unspecific social and communicative deficits including autism. The SRS appears more suitable than the SCDC in clinical settings and for specific autism screening. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-592522018-03-14T03:48:58Z Autistic traits and autism spectrum disorders: The clinical validity of two measures presuming a continuum of social communication skills Bölte, Sven Westerwald, E. Holtmann, M. Freitag, C. Poustka, F. Research indicates that autism is the extreme end of a continuously distributed trait. The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and the Social and Communication Disorders Checklist (SCDC) aim to assess autistic traits. The objective of this study was to compare their clinical validity. The SRS showed sensitivities of .74 to .80 and specificities of .69 to 1.00 for autism. Sensitivities were .85 to .90 and specificities .28 to.82 for the SCDC. Correlations with the ADI-R, ADOS and SCQ were higher for the SRS than for the SCDC. The SCDC seems superior to the SRS to screen for unspecific social and communicative deficits including autism. The SRS appears more suitable than the SCDC in clinical settings and for specific autism screening. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59252 10.1007/s10803-010-1024-9 Springer New York LLC unknown |
| spellingShingle | Bölte, Sven Westerwald, E. Holtmann, M. Freitag, C. Poustka, F. Autistic traits and autism spectrum disorders: The clinical validity of two measures presuming a continuum of social communication skills |
| title | Autistic traits and autism spectrum disorders: The clinical validity of two measures presuming a continuum of social communication skills |
| title_full | Autistic traits and autism spectrum disorders: The clinical validity of two measures presuming a continuum of social communication skills |
| title_fullStr | Autistic traits and autism spectrum disorders: The clinical validity of two measures presuming a continuum of social communication skills |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autistic traits and autism spectrum disorders: The clinical validity of two measures presuming a continuum of social communication skills |
| title_short | Autistic traits and autism spectrum disorders: The clinical validity of two measures presuming a continuum of social communication skills |
| title_sort | autistic traits and autism spectrum disorders: the clinical validity of two measures presuming a continuum of social communication skills |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59252 |