Commentary: Advancing Measurement of ASD Severity and Social Competence: A Reply to Constantino and Frazier (2013)

Autor/inn/en	Hus, Vanessa; Bishop, Somer; Gotham, Katherine; Huerta, Marisela; Lord, Catherine
Titel	Commentary: Advancing Measurement of ASD Severity and Social Competence: A Reply to Constantino and Frazier (2013)
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54 (2013) 6, S.698-700 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/jcpp.12065
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Measurement Techniques; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Autism; Screening Tests; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Scores; Severity (of Disability); Interpersonal Competence; Behavior Problems; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messtechnik; Autismus; Screening-Verfahren; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Schweregrad; Interpersonale Kompetenz
Abstract	The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) is currently being used in clinical and genetic studies of autism as both a screener and as a quantitative measure of autistic traits. This article assesses the influence of nonspecific factors on SRS scores to aid researchers in their interpretations of these scores. In their commentary, Constantino and Frazier (2013) argued that the strong influence of behavior problems on the SRS represents the overlap between neuropsychiatric syndromes, and that behavioral symptoms reflected in SRS scores "might actually be caused by the autistic syndrome". They cited evidence for substantial overlap in genetic associations between ASD, ADHD, and other child psychiatric disorders. The concern of the author's of this article, however, is that if scores on a measure do not distinguish between general behavior problems and autism symptoms, questions about overlap cannot even begin to be answered. Moreover, what was not noted in the commentary was the fact that the author's found equally large effects of behavior problems and smaller effects of social competence on SRS scores in typical siblings, who did not have ASD. The goal in the original article was to determine the influences of non-specific factors known to affect scores on other ASD measures in order to provide more informed interpretations of SRS scores. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10