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Cross-Cultural Validation and Normative Data of the Social Responsiveness Scale in a Group of Iranian General Child Population Publisher Pubmed



Tehranidoost M1, 2 ; Shahrivar Z1, 2 ; Torabi N3 ; Ansari S3 ; Hajiesmaeelzadeh M3 ; Saeedahmadi S3
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  1. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, South Kargar Ave, Tehran, 1333715914, Iran
  2. 2. Research Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, South Kargar Ave, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Published:2020


Abstract

This study aimed to assess the validity and normative statistics of the Farsi version of the Social Responsiveness Scale-2 (SRS-2). Among the mainstream elementary schools, 191 boys and 342 girls with a mean age of 9.46 (+ 1.72) years were recruited. Teachers and parents completed the SRS-2. The parents also answered the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS). There were not any significant differences regarding the parents’ and teachers’ ratings of the SRS mean scores in terms of gender, academic level, and age. The SRS was significantly correlated with the SCQ (0.438) and VABS (− 0.142) mean scores. The study supported the validity of the SRS as a screening instrument for social communication problems in Farsi-speaking school-aged children. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.