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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2026

The Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) Children's Version.

Areum Lee, Soyoung Irene Lee, Yunmi Shin, Jeewon Lee

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Double-blind, sham-controlled, pilot study of trigeminal nerve stimulation for autism spectrum disorder.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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Areum LeeDepartment of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6931-8488
Soyoung Irene LeeDepartment of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Asan, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2473-2954
Yunmi ShinDepartment of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-4004
Jeewon LeeDepartment of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Asan, Republic of Korea. jwlee03@schmc.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-1834

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2022R1G1A1012424Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hyangseol Research Fund 2023 Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hyangseol Research Fund 2023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is no validated screening measure for children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Korea. The purpose of the present study was (1) to examine the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Autism Spectrum-Child (K-AQ-Child); (2) to find the optimal cut-off value of the K- AQ-Child in the Korean population. A total of 144 children aged 4-11 years (male 80.6%, mean age = 7.05 ± 1.75) were recruited in this study, with 72 in the high-functioning ASD group and 72 in the non-clinical Control group. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the K-AQ-child was 0.962, showing excellent internal consistency. For discriminant validity, the ASD group scored significantly higher than the Control group on the total score and all the scores of the subdomains of the K-AQ-Child after controlling for sex. Significant positive correlation between total scores of the K-AQ-Child and the K-SCQ was found. The optimal cut-off value of 58.5 yielded a sensitivity of 0.931 and specificity of 0.986. K-AQ-Child is a valid and reliable measure to quantify autistic traits and identify the high-risk individuals for further diagnostic evaluation in intellectually capable children aged 4-11 years. It would be useful for both clinical practice and research purposes.Clinical Trial Registration The trial was registered at the Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS) of Republic of Korea (Registration Number: KCT0008907).

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Autism Spectrum DisorderChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsRepublic of KoreaSensitivity and SpecificitySurveys and QuestionnairesAQAutism spectrum disorderAutism spectrum quotientChildrenKorean

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