Abstract
The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Adult Social Behavior Questionnaire (ASBQ), a multidimensional Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) questionnaire that contains both a self report version and a version to be completed by someone close. Psychometric qualities, convergence between self report and other report ratings, and scores in a group diagnosed with ASD and multiple comparison groups were examined.
Principal Component Analyses yielded a structure with six dimensions (reduced contact, reduced empathy, reduced interpersonal insight, violation of social conventions, insistence on sameness, and sensory stimulation/motor stereotypies) for both self- and other-report versions. Reliability estimates and correlations between self- and other-ratings were good and the score profile on the 44-item ASBQ differentiated a group with ASD from a non clinical group and patients with depression, schizophrenia and ADHD.
We conclude that the ASBQ is a short and easy to apply questionnaire that captures the heterogeneous nature of ASD. It yields a score profile among six ASD problem domains both from the perspective of the patient and from a significant other. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 17-28 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders |
Volume | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr-2016 |
Keywords
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Adults
- ASBQ
- Questionnaire
- SPECTRUM QUOTIENT AQ
- CROSS-INFORMANT CORRELATIONS
- DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW
- AUTISM
- DISORDERS
- VALIDATION
- SYMPTOMS
- PDD
- PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
- SCHIZOPHRENIA