title: Multirater congruence on the social skills assessment of children with asperger syndrome: self, mother, father, and teacher ratings.
abstract: Children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) who attend mainstream settings face social skills deficits that have not been adequately explored. This study aims to examine social skills through self-reports of children with AS (N = 21) and a matched group of typically developing peers, as well as reports from their mothers, fathers, and teachers. Results showed that children with AS had more social skills deficits according to all raters and that they reported more aggressiveness/antisocial behavior, more conceit/haughtiness, more loneliness/social anxiety, and less assertiveness than controls. The level of agreement between raters varied significantly, suggesting that social skills are best studied with multiple informants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, City College, 24 Proxenou Koromila Street, 546 22 Thessaloniki, Greece. kalyva@city.academic.gr
authors.forename: Efrosini
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kalyva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D020817:Asperger Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005178:Faculty; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D010379:Peer Group; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires