TY - JOUR TI - The Q-CHAT (Quantitative CHecklist for Autism in Toddlers): A Normally Distributed Quantitative Measure of Autistic Traits at 18?24 Months of Age: Preliminary Report KW - Autism Spectrum Conditions KW - Q-CHAT KW - Childhood Screening UR - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10004352/ SP - 1414 VL - 38 Y1 - 2008/09// A1 - Allison, Carrie A1 - Baron-Cohen, Simon A1 - Wheelwright, Sally A1 - Charman, Tony A1 - Richler, Jen A1 - Pasco, Greg A1 - Brayne, Carol N2 - We report a major revision of the CHecklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT). This quantitative CHAT (Q-CHAT) contains 25 items, scored on a 5 point scale (0-4). The QCHAT was completed by parents of n = 779 unselected toddlers (mean age 21 months) and n = 160 toddlers and preschoolers (mean age 44 months) with an Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). The ASC group (mean (SD) = 51.8 (14.3)) scored higher on the QCHAT than controls (26.7 (7.8)). Boys in the control group (27.5 (7.8)) scored higher than girls (25.8 (7.7)). The intraclass correlation for test-retest reliability was 0.82 (n=330). The distribution in the control group was close to normal. Full examination of the clinical validity of the Q-CHAT and test properties is underway. AV - public JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders EP - 1425 N1 - The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com SN - 0162-3257 ID - discovery10004352 ER -