Clinical Study
Utility of Teacher-Report Assessments of Autistic Severity in Japanese School Children
Table 4
Mean raw SRS scores of parent and teacher ratings of children with ASD and without ASD (
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| Rater | Boys (n = 73) | Girls (n = 36) | Parent Mean (SD) | Teacher Mean (SD) | P | Parent Mean (SD) | Teacher Mean (SD) | P |
| ASD (n = 57) | Boys (n = 41) | Girls (n = 16) | Awareness | 11.9 (3.4) | 11.2 (4.3) | ns | 10.2 (2.6) | 8.6 (4.0) | ns | Cognition | 16.2 (6.4) | 14.2 (6.0) | ns | 16.9 (4.8) | 11.6 (4.7) | <0.005 | Communication | 30.4 (11.3) | 26.6 (9.8) | =0.06 | 30.6 (9.2) | 22.4 (12.0) | <0.05 | Motivation | 12.3 (5.8) | 10.6 (5.3) | ns | 12.5 (5.4) | 10.8 (5.6) | ns | Mannerisms | 16.4 (7.8) | 12.7 (8.4) | <0.05 | 14.9 (7.4) | 8.9 (6.5) | <0.05 |
| Total | 87.2 (31.3) | 75.3 (29.2) | <0.05 | 85.1 (25.3) | 62.3 (27.1) | <0.01 |
| Non-ASD (n = 52) | Boys (n = 32) | Girls (n = 20) | Awareness | 6.6 (5.1) | 7.4 (3.4) | ns | 6.6 (3.3) | 7.0 (4.4) | ns | Cognition | 8.3 (4.4) | 9.5 (6.0) | ns | 6.6 (3.9) | 7.5 (5.3) | ns | Communication | 13.6 (7.0) | 17.3 (10.2) | ns | 10.8 (6.5) | 13.7 (10.6) | ns | Motivation | 7.3 (3.7) | 8.7 (5.8) | ns | 6.3 (4.9) | 8.5 (6.1) | ns | Mannerisms | 6.2 (4.5) | 7.5 (5.5) | ns | 4.2 (4.0) | 5.8 (6.5) | ns |
| Total | 42.0 (18.7) | 50.5 (27.6) | ns | 34.3 (19.9) | 42.5 (30.6) | ns |
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Note. SRS: Social Responsiveness Scale; ASD: autism spectrum disorder.
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