Chinese Norms for the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale

Hao Zhou; Lili Zhang; Xiaobing Zou; Xuerong Luo; Kun Xia; Lijie Wu; Yimin Wang; Xiu Xu; Xiaoling Ge; Yong-Hui Jiang; Eric Fombonne; Weili Yan; Yi Wang

doi:10.1007/s12264-017-0105-6

Chinese Norms for the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale

Neurosci Bull. 2017 Apr;33(2):161-167. doi: 10.1007/s12264-017-0105-6. Epub 2017 Feb 24.

Authors

Hao Zhou^{1

2}, Lili Zhang¹, Xiaobing Zou³, Xuerong Luo⁴, Kun Xia⁵, Lijie Wu⁶, Yimin Wang¹, Xiu Xu⁷, Xiaoling Ge⁸, Yong-Hui Jiang⁹, Eric Fombonne¹⁰, Weili Yan¹¹, Yi Wang¹²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China.
² Pediatric Department, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, 550002, China.
³ Child Development Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Changsha, 400078, China.
⁶ School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China.
⁷ Department of Child Healthcare, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China.
⁸ Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China.
⁹ Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics and Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
¹⁰ Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
¹¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China. yanwl@fudan.edu.cn.
¹² Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China. yiwang@shmu.edu.cn.

Abstract

This study aimed to establish norms for the modified Chinese version of the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale (ASRS). Participants were recruited from Shanghai, Harbin, Guangzhou, and Changsha, China, and their parents and teachers were invited to complete the Chinese Parent version and the Teacher version of the ASRS. In both versions, boys had significantly higher sub-scale scores and total score (T-score) by 1-3 and 4-5 points respectively, than girls (both P < 0.001). Age had weak correlations with some sub-scores and the T-score (r ranged from -0.1859 to 0.0738), and some reached significance (P < 0.03). The correlations appeared stronger and were more common in females. The T-score based on Chinese norms ideally correlated with the score based on the United States norms in boys and girls for both versions. Norms for the Chinese version of the ASRS for children aged 6-12 years are proposed and may be helpful for screening individuals with autism spectrum disorders from the general population of children.

Keywords: Autism spectrum disorders; Autism spectrum rating scale; Children; Norm.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Analysis of Variance
Asian People
Autism Spectrum Disorder / complications*
Autism Spectrum Disorder / diagnosis*
Child
Communication
Female
Humans
Male
Parents / psychology
Quality Control
Reference Values
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
School Teachers / psychology
Severity of Illness Index*
Social Behavior
Statistics as Topic