Caution When Screening for Autism among Socially Anxious Youth

Autor/inn/en	Capriola-Hall, Nicole N.; McFayden, Tyler; Ollendick, Thomas H.; White, Susan W.
Titel	Caution When Screening for Autism among Socially Anxious Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51 (2021) 5, S.1540-1549 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-020-04642-w
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Competence; Anxiety Disorders; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Comorbidity; Clinical Diagnosis; Scores; Screening Tests; Discriminant Analysis; Social Responsiveness Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kompetenz; Autismus; Screening-Verfahren; Diskriminanzanalyse
Abstract	Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is commonly comorbid with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, in a sample of 86 children and adolescents (M[subscript AGE] = 12.62 years; 68.6% male), 28 of whom were diagnosed with ASD, 34 with SAD, and 24 with comorbid ASD and SAD, we compared parent-reported scores from the Social Responsiveness Scale-Second Edition (SRS-2; Constantino and Gruber in Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS; Constantino and Gruber 2012) to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the measure in cases of differential diagnosis between SAD and ASD. Results suggest that neither the subscales, nor the SRS-2 total score, consistently differed between ASD and SAD. Sensitivity and specificity analyses suggested that the SRS-2 total poorly discriminated ASD from SAD. When screening socially anxious youth for possible ASD, caution should be taken. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01