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Social Responsiveness Scale

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Synonyms

SRS

Abbreviations

AUC:

Area under curve

ADHD:

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

ADI-r:

Autism diagnostic interview-revised

ADOS:

Autism diagnostic observation scale

ASD:

Autism spectrum disorder

BPVS:

British picture vocabulary scale

CBCL:

Child behavior checklist

CCC:

Children’s communication checklist

OCD:

Obsessive compulsive disorder

PDD-NOS:

Pervasive developmental disorders-not otherwise specified

ROC:

Receiver operating characteristics

SCDC:

Social and communication disorders checklist

SCQ:

Social communication questionnaire

VABS:

Vineland adaptive behavior scales

Description

The Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) is a 65-item rating scale that measures the severity of autistic symptomatology as a quantitative trait, among children clinically affected by autism spectrum conditions as well as among children in the general population. It is particularly useful for characterizing milder autistic syndromes that lie at the boundary between the normal population...

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Selected content from the SRS-2 Manual copyright © 2012 by Western Psychological Services. Adapted and reprinted by the author with permission of WPS (rights@wpspublish.com). All rights reserved.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8134, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    John N. Constantino M.D.

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    Fred R. Volkmar (Director, Child Study Center) (Director, Child Study Center)

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Constantino, J.N. (2013). Social Responsiveness Scale. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_296

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