Equivalence of symptom dimensions in females and males with autism
Equivalence of symptom dimensions in females and males with autism
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DOI：
10.1177/1362361316660066
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发表时间：
2017-08-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Hardan, Antonio Y.
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作者：
Frazier, Thomas W.;Hardan, Antonio Y.
本研究调查了自闭症男性和女性在自闭症症状领域的等效性。症状数据来自西蒙斯单纯型集合中2643名自闭症谱系障碍儿童和青少年（352名女性，2291名男性；年龄范围为4 - 17岁）。将社会反应量表和自闭症诊断访谈修订版中的项目映射到九个先验症状维度。多组验证性因素模型，包括测量等效性和项目反应理论分析，检验了男性和女性在自闭症症状结构上是否表现出测量或结构差异。结果表明，在刻板兴趣方面存在平均差异，但这并非由于测量偏差。没有其他症状维度显示出测量偏差的证据，并且男性和女性之间的自闭症症状结构高度相似。未来的研究需要仔细评估男性和女性在刻板兴趣的内容、频率或强度/严重程度方面的任何性别差异。
This study investigated equivalence of autism symptom domains in males and females with autism. Symptom data were obtained from 2643 children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (352 females, 2291 males; age range=4-17years) included in the Simons Simplex Collection. Items from the Social Responsiveness Scale and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised were mapped to nine a priori symptom dimensions. Multi-group confirmatory factor models, including measurement equivalence and item response theory analyses, examined whether males and females showed measurement or structural differences in autism symptom constructs. Results indicated mean differences in restricted interests that were not due to measurement bias. No other symptom dimension showed evidence of measurement bias and autism symptom structure was highly similar between males and females. Future studies are needed to carefully estimate any sex differences in the content, frequency, or intensity/severity of restricted interests in females and males.