Screening for Autism with the SRS and SCQ: Variations across Demographic, Developmental and Behavioral Factors in Preschool Children

Autor/inn/en	Moody, Eric J.; Reyes, Nuri; Ledbetter, Caroline; Wiggins, Lisa; DiGuiseppi, Carolyn; Alexander, Amira; Jackson, Shardel; Lee, Li-Ching; Levy, Susan E.; Rosenberg, Steven A.
Titel	Screening for Autism with the SRS and SCQ: Variations across Demographic, Developmental and Behavioral Factors in Preschool Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47 (2017) 11, S.3550-3561 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-017-3255-5
Schlagwörter	Screening Tests; Preschool Children; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Behavior Problems; Individual Characteristics; Mothers; Parent Background; Family Characteristics; Questionnaires; Measures (Individuals); Disability Identification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Screening-Verfahren; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Autismus; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Mother; Mutter; Elternhaus; Fragebogen; Messdaten
Abstract	The Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) and the Social Responsiveness Scales (SRS) are commonly used screeners for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Data from the Study to Explore Early Development were used to examine variations in the performance of these instruments by child characteristics and family demographics. For both instruments, specificity decreased as maternal education and family income decreased. Specificity was decreased with lower developmental functioning and higher behavior problems. This suggests that the false positive rates of the SRS and the SCQ are associated with child characteristics and family demographic factors. There is a need for ASD screeners that perform well across socioeconomic and child characteristics. Clinicians should be mindful of differential performance of these instruments in various groups of children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01