title: The reliability and validity of the Tokyo Autistic Behaviour Scale.
abstract: The Tokyo Autistic Behavior Scale (TABS) consisting of 39 items provisionally grouped in four areas--interpersonal-social relationship, language-communication, habit-mannerism and others--is an instrument used by a child's caretaker to rate the child's autistic behaviors on a 3-point scale. Test-retest reliability was satisfactory (i.e., an r for a total score was .94). Among six DSM-III diagnostic groups, infantile autism showed a significantly higher total TABS score than the other five groups, and a taxonomic validity coefficient was .54. An r between total scores of the TABS and the Childhood Autism Rating Scale--Tokyo Version was .59. The area scores showed a lower validity than the total score. The TABS appears to be a useful instrument to assess autistic behavior.
authors.affiliation: Division of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, NCNP, Ichikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyake
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011594:Psychometrics