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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2023

Construct Validity of the Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication (ACSF:SC) Across Childhood and Adolescence.

Diana Tajik-Parvinchi, Peter Rosenbaum, Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, Eric Duku, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Caroline Roncadin, Stelios Georgiades, Stephen Gentles, Hanna Fang, Briano Di Rezze

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Trends Over Time in the Prevalence of Autism by Adaptive and Intellectual Functioning Levels.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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10 authors.

Diana Tajik-ParvinchiCanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Room 436, L8S 1C7, Hamilton, ON, Canada. dparvinchi@mcmaster.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9010-000X
Peter RosenbaumDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Room 408, L8S 1C7, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Mary Jo Cooley HideckerDepartment of Communication Science & Disorders, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, 900 South Limestone, 40508, Lexington, KY, USA.
Eric DukuDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faulty of Health Sciences, 1280 Main Street West, L8S 4L8, McMaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Lonnie ZwaigenbaumAutism Research Center, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Room E209, 10230 111 Avenue, T5G 0B7, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Caroline RoncadinRon Joyce Children's Health Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences, 325 Wellington Street North, L8L 0A4, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Stelios GeorgiadesOfford Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, MIP 201A, L8P 0A1, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Stephen GentlesDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, N2L 3C5, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Hanna FangCanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Room 436, L8S 1C7, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Briano Di RezzeCanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1400 Main Street West, Room 436, L8S 1C7, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Funding

Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization (2018-2020)Hamilton Health Sciences Early Career Award (2018-2020)Hamilton Health Sciences New Investigator Fund (2019)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examined the construct validity of the Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication (ACSF). Participants included 145 parents of children with autism (2-19 years). The degree of convergent and discriminant validity between parent reported ACSF and subscales from Social Responsiveness Scale 2nd edition and Behavior Assessment System for Children, 3rd Edition were examined against a priori hypotheses. We examined construct validity in the entire sample as well as in specific age cohorts. Our findings suggest that ACSF can provide a valid classification system of social communication ability in children with autism 2-19 years of age, and its two subscales may be used to examine different aspects of social communication ability.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderAutistic DisorderAdolescentChildCommunicationHumansParentsSocial SkillsAdolescentsAutism spectrum disorderChildrenSocial CommunicationSocial Skills

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PMID35666330

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