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Autism screening questionnaire: Diagnostic validity
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BACKGROUND: Good interview and diagnostic measures for autism and other pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) are available but there is a lack of a good screening questionnaire. AIMS: To develop and test a screening questionnaire based on items in the best available diagnostic interview--the Autism Diagnostic Interview--Revised (ADI-R). METHOD: A 40-item scale, the Autism Screening Questionnaire (ASQ), was developed and tested on a sample of 160 individuals with PDD and 40 with non-PDD diagnoses. RESULTS: The ASQ has good discriminative validity with respect to the separation of PDD from non-PDD diagnoses at all IQ levels, with a cut-off of 15 proving most effective. The differentiation between autism and other varieties of PDD was weaker. CONCLUSIONS: The ASQ is an effective screening questionnaire for PDD.
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“To verify ASD, students were screened for autism with the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT; Robins, Fein, Barton, & Green, 2001) or the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ; Berument, Rutter, Lord, Pickles, & Bailey, 1999), depending on age. Students were then evaluated using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (Lord et al., 2000) to verify diagnosis by an evaluator with”
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“To date, two validation studies have revealed that the SCQ is a valid measure for discriminating ASD from non-ASD cases with a cut-off of P 15”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Berument, S. K., Rutter, M., Lord, C., Pickles, A., & Bailey, A.
- Corresponding author
- Berument, Sibel Kazak
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 1999-11
- Volume
- 175
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 444-451
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W1970841625
- Cited by
- 1,464
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- OpenMETU (Middle East Technical University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Keywords
- autism screening, pervasive developmental disorders, ADI-R, diagnostic validity, discriminant validity, screening cut-off values, autism diagnosis
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Autistic Disorder, Child, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, Fragile X Syndrome, Humans, Language Development Disorders, Mass Screening, Intellectual Disability, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sensitivity and Specificity, Rett Syndrome, Conduct Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
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