Validity of Social Cognition Measures in the Clinical Services for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Validity of Social Cognition Measures in the Clinical Services for Autism Spectrum Disorder

The current study evaluated three social cognition (SC) tests for their clinical utility in aiding autism diagnosis. To do so, we compared the performance of 86 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 68 typically developing (TD) children, all aged from 4 to 10 years old, on three SC tasks...

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Main Authors: Maria Chiara Pino, Francesco Masedu, Roberto Vagnetti, Margherita Attanasio, Chiara Di Giovanni, Marco Valenti, Monica Mazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
autism spectrum disorder
diagnostic process
receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve
social cognition
Theory of Mind
clinical utility
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00004/full

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