TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of a brief quantitative measure of autistic traits
T2 - Comparison of the social responsiveness scale with the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised
AU - Constantino, John N.
AU - Davis, Sandra A.
AU - Todd, Richard D.
AU - Schindler, Matthew K.
AU - Gross, Maggie M.
AU - Brophy, Susan L.
AU - Metzger, Lisa M.
AU - Shoushtari, Christiana S.
AU - Splinter, Reagan
AU - Reich, Wendy
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the National Alliance for Autism Research, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD39663-01).
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - Studies of the broader autism phenotype, and of subtle changes in autism symptoms over time, have been compromised by a lack of established quantitative assessment tools. The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS - formerly known as the Social Reciprocity Scale) is a new instrument that can be completed by parents and/or teachers in 15-20 minutes. We compared the SRS with the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) in 61 child psychiatric patients. Correlations between SRS scores and ADI-R algorithm scores for DSM-IV criterion sets were on the order of 0.7. SRS scores were unrelated to I.Q. and exhibited inter-rater reliability on the order of 0.8. The SRS is a valid quantitative measure of autistic traits, feasible for use in clinical settings and for large-scale research studies of autism spectrum conditions.
AB - Studies of the broader autism phenotype, and of subtle changes in autism symptoms over time, have been compromised by a lack of established quantitative assessment tools. The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS - formerly known as the Social Reciprocity Scale) is a new instrument that can be completed by parents and/or teachers in 15-20 minutes. We compared the SRS with the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) in 61 child psychiatric patients. Correlations between SRS scores and ADI-R algorithm scores for DSM-IV criterion sets were on the order of 0.7. SRS scores were unrelated to I.Q. and exhibited inter-rater reliability on the order of 0.8. The SRS is a valid quantitative measure of autistic traits, feasible for use in clinical settings and for large-scale research studies of autism spectrum conditions.
KW - ADI-R
KW - PDD
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Social responsiveness scale
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0141539482&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1025014929212
DO - 10.1023/A:1025014929212
M3 - Article
C2 - 12959421
AN - SCOPUS:0141539482
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 33
SP - 427
EP - 433
JO - Journal of autism and developmental disorders
JF - Journal of autism and developmental disorders
IS - 4
ER -