Standardizing ADOS Domain Scores: Separating Severity of Social Affect and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Hus, Vanessa; Gotham, Katherine; Lord, Catherine
Titel	Standardizing ADOS Domain Scores: Separating Severity of Social Affect and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (2014) 10, S.2400-2412 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-012-1719-1
Schlagwörter	Scores; Autism; Severity (of Disability); Individual Characteristics; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Behavior Problems; Standardized Tests; Test Validity; Neurological Impairments; Social Behavior; Affective Behavior; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Schweregrad; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Testvalidität; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung
Abstract	Standardized Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) scores provide a measure of autism severity that is less influenced by child characteristics than raw totals (Gotham et al. in "Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders," 39(5), 693-705 2009). However, these scores combine symptoms from the Social Affect (SA) and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors (RRB) domains. Separate calibrations of each domain would provide a clearer picture of ASD dimensions. The current study separately calibrated raw totals from the ADOS SA and RRB domains. Standardized domain scores were less influenced by child characteristics than raw domain totals, thereby increasing their utility as indicators of Social-Communication and Repetitive Behavior severity. Calibrated domain scores should facilitate efforts to examine trajectories of ASD symptoms and links between neurobiological and behavioral dimensions. (As Provided).
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