Reliability of the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Diagnostic For Children (ASD-DC)

Johnny L. Matson; Melissa L. Gonzalez; Jonathan Wilkins; Tessa T. Rivet

doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2007.11.001

Reliability of the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Diagnostic For Children (ASD-DC)

Johnny L. Matson, Melissa L. Gonzalez, Jonathan Wilkins, Tessa T. Rivet

School of Medicine

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Abstract

The reliability of a new scale to assess Autistic Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), and Asperger's Disorder in children was examined. Parents or other caregivers rated symptoms of 207 children between 2 and 16 years of age. The scale, which had 40 items in the final version, correlated highly with DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 criteria and proved to have good inter-rater reliability and, excellent test-retest, and internal consistency reliability. These data are considered to have clinical utility given the need to establish data-based distinctions between these three subtypes of ASD. Furthermore, the measure is part of a more extensive battery measuring comorbid psychopathology and challenging behaviors. Implications for future research of this comprehensive assessment battery are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	533-545
Number of pages	13
Journal	Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Volume	2
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2007.11.001
State	Published - Jul 1 2008

Keywords

ASD-DC
Asperger's Syndrome
Autism
PDD-NOS
Test

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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