| Literature DB >> 16944324 |
Akio Wakabayashi1, Simon Baron-Cohen, Tokio Uchiyama, Yuko Yoshida, Yoshikuni Tojo, Miho Kuroda, Sally Wheelwright.
Abstract
In the current study, the child AQ was administered in Japan, to examine whether the UK results for reliability and validity generalize to a different culture. Assessment groups were: Group 1: n = 81 children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) or high-functioning autism (HFA); Group 2: n = 22 children diagnosed PDD-NOS with average IQ; and Group 3: n = 372 randomly selected controls from primary and secondary schools. Both clinical groups scored significantly higher than controls (AS/HFA mean AQ = 31.9, SD = 6.93; PDD-NOS mean AQ = 28.0, SD = 6.88; controls mean AQ = 11.7, SD = 5.94). Among the controls, males scored significantly higher than females. The pattern of difference between clinical groups and controls was found to be similar in both countries.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 16944324 DOI： 10.1007/s10803-006-0181-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Autism Dev Disord ISSN： 0162-3257