The Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): Sex differences

被引：59

作者：

Williams, Joanna G. ^{[2
]}

Allison, Carrie ^{[1
,3
]}

Scott, Fiona J. ^{[3
]}

Bolton, Patrick F. ^{[4
]}

Baron-Cohen, Simon ^{[3
]}

Matthews, Fiona E. ^{[5
]}

Brayne, Carol ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Autism Res Ctr, Cambridge CB2 8AH, England

[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Publ Hlth & Primary Care, Cambridge, England

[3] Univ Cambridge, Dept Psychiat, Autism Res Ctr, Cambridge, England

[4] Inst Psychiat, Dept Child Psychiat, MRC Ctr Social Genet & Dev Psychiat, London SE5 8AF, England

[5] Univ Forvie Site, Inst Publ Hlth, MRC Biostatist Unit, Cambridge CB2 2SR, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS | 2008年 / 38卷 / 09期

基金：

英国医学研究理事会;

关键词：

communication; social behaviour; autism; Asperger syndrome; sex differences;

D O I：

10.1007/s10803-008-0558-6

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

The Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST) (formally known as the Childhood Asperger Screening Test) identifies autism spectrum conditions by measuring social and communication skills. The present study explored the sex distribution of scores. The CAST was distributed to 11,635 children aged 4-9 years in Cambridgeshire primary schools (UK). 3,370 (29%) were returned. The median score was significantly higher in boys (median test, P < 0.001) (Boys, median = 5 (IQR: 3,8); girls, median = 4 (IQR: 2,6)). There was a predominance of boys (n = 81 (79.4%) over girls (n = 21 (20.6%)) amongst those scoring >= 15. Exclusion of children with ASC did not significantly affect the results. We conclude that different profiles of social and communication skills in boys and girls must be taken into account when measuring these skills in the general population.

引用

页码：1731 / 1739

页数：9

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