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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2018

Assessing Autism in Adults: An Evaluation of the Developmental, Dimensional and Diagnostic Interview-Adult Version (3Di-Adult).

William Mandy, Kiri Clarke, Michele McKenner, Andre Strydom, Jason Crabtree, Meng-Chuan Lai, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen, David Skuse

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

William MandyThe Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. w.mandy@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3564-5808
Kiri ClarkeThe Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Michele McKennerThe Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Andre StrydomThe Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Jason CrabtreeThe Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Meng-Chuan LaiAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, 18B Trumpington Road, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK.
Carrie AllisonAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, 18B Trumpington Road, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK.
Simon Baron-CohenAutism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, 18B Trumpington Road, Cambridge, CB2 8AH, UK.
David SkuseInstitute of Child Health, UCL, Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed a brief, informant-report interview for assessing autism spectrum conditions (ASC) in adults, called the Developmental, Dimensional and Diagnostic Interview-Adult Version (3Di-Adult); and completed a preliminary evaluation. Informant reports were collected for participants with ASC (n = 39), a non-clinical comparison group (n = 29) and a clinical comparison group (n = 20) who had non-autistic mental health conditions. Mean administration time was 38 min (50 min for ASC). Internal consistency (αs ≥ 0.93) and inter-rater agreement (ICCs ≥ 0.99) were high. When discriminating ASC from non-ASC, the 3Di-Adult showed excellent sensitivity (95%) and specificity (92%). The 3Di-Adult shows promise as a psychometrically sound and time-efficient interview for collecting standardised informant reports for DSM-5 assessments of ASC in adults, in research and clinical practice.

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AdolescentAdultAutism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsSensitivity and SpecificityYoung AdultAdultsAssessment and diagnosisAutism spectrum conditions (ASC)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)Diagnostic and statistical manual, fifth edition (DSM-5)

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PMCPMC5807495

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