Investigating the Clinical Usefulness of the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) in a Tertiary Level, Autism Spectrum Disorder Specific Assessment Clinic

The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS; Constantino and Gruber in Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS). Western Psychological Services, Los Angeles, 2005 ) is a commonly used screening tool for identifying children with possible autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study investigated the relationship bet...

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Published in:	Journal of autism and developmental disorders Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 294 - 300
Main Authors:	Aldridge, Fiona J., Gibbs, Vicki M., Schmidhofer, Katherine, Williams, Megan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer US 01-02-2012 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent Age Anxiety Disorders Autism Autism Spectrum Disorders Autistic children Autistic spectrum disorders Behavioral Science and Psychology Biological and medical sciences Booksellers Child Child and School Psychology Child clinical studies Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - diagnosis Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - psychology Child Psychology Child, Preschool Children Clinical assessment Clinical Diagnosis Communication (Thought Transfer) Correlation Cutting Scores Developmental disorders Disability Identification Effect Size Female Health Personnel Humans Infantile autism Interpersonal Competence Interpersonal Relationship Investigations Likert Scales Male Measures (Individuals) Medical sciences Mental Disorders Neurodevelopmental disorders Neurosciences Original Paper Parents Pediatrics Pervasive Developmental Disorders Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Psychological Services Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychometrics Psychopathology. Psychiatry Public Health Rating Scales Resistance (Psychology) Responsiveness Scores Screening Tests Sensitivity and Specificity Social Development Surveys and Questionnaires Teachers Test Validity Australia United States California Diagnosis Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) Screening tools Autism spectrum disorder Assessment Autism Evaluation Pervasive developmental disorder Psychometrics Developmental disorder Medical screening Tool
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Summary:	The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS; Constantino and Gruber in Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS). Western Psychological Services, Los Angeles, 2005 ) is a commonly used screening tool for identifying children with possible autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study investigated the relationship between SRS scores and eventual diagnostic outcome for children referred to a tertiary level, autism specific assessment service. Forty eight children (mean age = 8.10; 92% male) underwent a comprehensive ASD assessment. Parent and teacher SRS scores were subsequently compared with diagnostic outcome. Sensitivity was high (91% for parent report; 84% for teacher report), however specificity was much lower (8% for parent report; 41% for teacher report). Results demonstrate a need for caution when interpreting SRS results based on current cut-off scores, particularly in children with previously identified social developmental problems.
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ISSN:	0162-3257 1573-3432
DOI:	10.1007/s10803-011-1242-9