title: Chinese Norms for the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China.|Pediatric Department, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, 550002, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Child Development Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510000, China.
authors.forename: Xiaobing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
authors.forename: Xuerong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Changsha, 400078, China.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China.
authors.forename: Lijie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China.
authors.forename: Yimin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Healthcare, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China.
authors.forename: Xiu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoling
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics and Neurobiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Yong-Hui
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fombonne
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China. yanwl@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Weili
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China. yiwang@shmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D044466:Asian People; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011786:Quality Control; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000070777:School Teachers / Q000523:psychology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012919:Social Behavior; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Autism spectrum disorders; Autism spectrum rating scale; Children; Norm