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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2021

Concurrent Validity of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT): Socio-cognitive and Verbal Skills in 18-Month-Old Infants.

Alexa Ruel, Sabrina S Chiarella, Cristina Crivello, Diane Poulin-Dubois

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Alexa RuelDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
Sabrina S ChiarellaDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
Cristina CrivelloDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
Diane Poulin-DuboisDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada. diane.poulindubois@concordia.ca.

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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 435-2017-0564
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Abstract

The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) is a screening questionnaire for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Previous findings have confirmed the M-CHAT's sensitivity and specificity across several cultures, yet few studies have considered M-CHAT scores as a distributed trait in a sample of typical infants. The current study examined how the M-CHAT predicts concurrent word learning (experiment 1) as well as socio-emotional understanding (experiment 2) in 18-month-old infants. Results demonstrated that the number of items endorsed on the M-CHAT negatively correlated with the proportion of trials on which infants looked at a toy named by the experimenter as well as performance on the word learning task. In experiment 2, high scores on the M-CHAT correlated with less instrumental helping, less imitation, and a smaller productive vocabulary size.

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Social CognitionAutistic DisorderChecklistFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInfantMaleMass ScreeningReproducibility of ResultsVerbal LearningConcurrent validityInfantsM-CHATSocio-cognitive abilitiesWord learning

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