Utility of Teacher-Report Assessments of Autistic Severity in Japanese School Children

Table 1

Mean raw SRS scores of teacher ratings of children with ASD and without ASD (𝑁=130).

Subscale	Boys (n = 90)			Girls (n = 40)
	ASD (n = 51); M (SD)	Non-ASD (n = 39); M (SD)	𝑡	ASD (n = 19); M (SD)	Non-ASD (n = 21); M (SD)	𝑡
Awareness	11.6 (0.5)	7.4 (3.6)	4.8^a	8.7 (3.9)	7.1 (4.3)	1.3^d
Cognition	14.8 (6.2)	9.3 (6.0)	4.2^a	12.6 (4.9)	7.3 (5.3)	3.3^b
Communication	27.3 (10.2)	16.8 (10.0)	4.9^a	24.7 (12.7)	13.1 (10.7)	3.1^b
Motivation	11.0 (5.2)	8.4 (5.7)	2.2^c	10.8 (5.2)	8.4 (6.0)	1.4^d
Mannerisms	13.9 (8.5)	7.2 (5.4)	4.5^a	11.3 (8.4)	5.5 (6.4)	2.5^c
Total	78.6 (29.9)	49.1 (26.9)	4.8^a	68.2 (28.8)	41.5 (30.2)	2.9^a

Note. SRS: Social Responsiveness Scale; ASD: autism spectrum disorder.
^aP < 0.001. ^bP < 0.01. ^cP < 0.05. ^dns.