TY - JOUR
T1 - Distributional Properties and Criterion Validity of a Shortened Version of the Social Responsiveness Scale
T2 - Results from the ECHO Program and Implications for Social Communication Research
AU - on behalf of program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes
AU - Lyall, Kristen
AU - Hosseini, Mina
AU - Ladd-Acosta, Christine
AU - Ning, Xuejuan
AU - Catellier, Diane
AU - Constantino, John N.
AU - Croen, Lisa A.
AU - Kaat, Aaron J.
AU - Botteron, Kelly
AU - Bush, Nicole R.
AU - Dager, Stephen R.
AU - Duarte, Cristiane S.
AU - Fallin, M. Daniele
AU - Hazlett, Heather
AU - Hertz-Picciotto, Irva
AU - Joseph, Robert M.
AU - Karagas, Margaret R.
AU - Korrick, Susan
AU - Landa, Rebecca
AU - Messinger, Daniel
AU - Oken, Emily
AU - Ozonoff, Sally
AU - Piven, Joseph
AU - Pandey, Juhi
AU - Sathyanarayana, Sheela
AU - Schultz, Robert T.
AU - St. John, Tanya
AU - Schmidt, Rebecca
AU - Volk, Heather
AU - Newschaffer, Craig J.
AU - Benjamin, D. K.
AU - Smith, P. B.
AU - Newby, K. L.
AU - Jacobson, L. P.
AU - Parker, C. B.
AU - Gershon, R.
AU - Cella, D.
AU - Teitelbaum, S.
AU - Wright, R. O.
AU - Aldous, K. M.
AU - Fennell, T.
AU - Hecht, S. S.
AU - Peterson, L.
AU - O’Brien, B.
AU - Lee, J. Y.
AU - Snowden, J.
AU - Duarte, C.
AU - Hertz-Picciotto, I.
AU - Karagas, M.
AU - Karr, K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Prior work proposed a shortened version of the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), a commonly used quantitative measure of social communication traits. We used data from 3031 participants (including 190 ASD cases) from the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program to compare distributional properties and criterion validity of 16-item “short” to 65-item “full” SRS scores. Results demonstrated highly overlapping distributions of short and full scores. Both scores separated case from non-case individuals by approximately two standard deviations. ASD prediction was nearly identical for short and full scores (area under the curve values of 0.87, 0.86 respectively). Findings support comparability of shortened and full scores, suggesting opportunities to increase efficiency. Future work should confirm additional psychometric properties of short scores.
AB - Prior work proposed a shortened version of the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), a commonly used quantitative measure of social communication traits. We used data from 3031 participants (including 190 ASD cases) from the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program to compare distributional properties and criterion validity of 16-item “short” to 65-item “full” SRS scores. Results demonstrated highly overlapping distributions of short and full scores. Both scores separated case from non-case individuals by approximately two standard deviations. ASD prediction was nearly identical for short and full scores (area under the curve values of 0.87, 0.86 respectively). Findings support comparability of shortened and full scores, suggesting opportunities to increase efficiency. Future work should confirm additional psychometric properties of short scores.
KW - Autism spectrum disorder
KW - Quantitative traits
KW - Social Responsiveness Scale
KW - Social communication
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-020-04667-1
DO - 10.1007/s10803-020-04667-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 32944847
AN - SCOPUS:85091016436
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 51
SP - 2241
EP - 2253
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 7
ER -