TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences Between the Childhood Autism Rating Scale and the Social Responsiveness Scale in Assessing Symptoms of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
AU - Chen, Kuan Lin
AU - Lin, Chien Ho
AU - Yu, Tzu Ying
AU - Huang, Chien Yu
AU - Chen, Ying Dar
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments We especially thank the children and caregivers who participated in our study, and the occupational therapists of Country Hospital, Chi Mei Medical Center, De Shang Clinic, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Xing Cheng Rehabilitation Clinic, and Yong Cheng Rehabilitation Clinic for their assistance with recruiting participants. This study was supported by grants awarded to the first author by the Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C (MOST 103-2410-H-006-060, MOST 104-2410-H-006-065, and MOST 105-2410-H-006-047-MY2).
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - This study aimed to compare symptoms of autism spectrum disorder using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS™-2) and to investigate their influencing factors. The diagnostic agreement was 92.7%, but with a fair Kappa value (0.247). Children’s verbal comprehension was related to the CARS scores, and no variables were related to the SRS™-2 scores. Generally, significant small correlations were found between the two measures in children with normal or borderline to below average verbal comprehension (rs = 0.32 ~ 0.49, p <.005), but not in those with impaired verbal comprehension. The CARS and the SRS™-2 may contain different explicit behaviors and collect different perspectives (i.e., those of caregivers and professionals). Therefore, they appear to complement each other.
AB - This study aimed to compare symptoms of autism spectrum disorder using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS™-2) and to investigate their influencing factors. The diagnostic agreement was 92.7%, but with a fair Kappa value (0.247). Children’s verbal comprehension was related to the CARS scores, and no variables were related to the SRS™-2 scores. Generally, significant small correlations were found between the two measures in children with normal or borderline to below average verbal comprehension (rs = 0.32 ~ 0.49, p <.005), but not in those with impaired verbal comprehension. The CARS and the SRS™-2 may contain different explicit behaviors and collect different perspectives (i.e., those of caregivers and professionals). Therefore, they appear to complement each other.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-018-3585-y
DO - 10.1007/s10803-018-3585-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 29696524
AN - SCOPUS:85046026827
VL - 48
SP - 3191
EP - 3198
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
SN - 0162-3257
IS - 9
ER -