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Tajik-Parvinchi, Diana; Rosenbaum, Peter; Hidecker, Mary Jo Cooley; Duku, Eric; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Roncadin, Caroline; Georgiades, Stelios; Gentles, Stephen; Fang, Hanna; Di Rezze, Briano – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
This study examined the construct validity of the Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication (ACSF). Participants included 145 parents of children with autism (2-19 years). The degree of convergent and discriminant validity between parent reported ACSF and subscales from Social Responsiveness Scale 2nd edition and Behavior…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parents
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Cohen, Ira L.; Liu, Xudong; Hudson, Melissa; Gillis, Jennifer; Cavalari, Rachel N. S.; Romanczyk, Raymond G.; Karmel, Bernard Z.; Gardner, Judith M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
In order to improve discrimination accuracy between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and similar neurodevelopmental disorders, a data mining procedure, Classification and Regression Trees (CART), was used on a large multi-site sample of PDD Behavior Inventory (PDDBI) forms on children with and without ASD. Discrimination accuracy exceeded 80%,…
Descriptors: Classification, Regression (Statistics), Children, Autism
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Ruta, Liliana; Mazzone, Domenico; Mazzone, Luigi; Wheelwright, Sally; Baron-Cohen, Simon – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
The Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) has been used to define the "broader" (BAP), "medium" (MAP) and "narrow" autism phenotypes (NAP). We used a new Italian version of the AQ to test if difference on AQ scores and the distribution of BAP, MAP and NAP in autism parents (n = 245) versus control parents (n = 300) were…
Descriptors: Autism, Parents, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)