ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2021
Distributional Properties and Criterion Validity of a Shortened Version of the Social Responsiveness Scale: Results from the ECHO Program and Implications for Social Communication Research.
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Kristen LyallA.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, 3020 Market St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. kld98@drexel.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4633-0799
Mina HosseiniDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Christine Ladd-AcostaDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Xuejuan NingDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Diane CatellierRTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
John N ConstantinoDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Lisa A CroenDivision of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, USA.
Aaron J KaatDepartment of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kelly BotteronDepartments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA.
Nicole R BushDepartments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
Stephen R DagerDepartment of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Cristiane S DuarteDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
M Daniele FallinDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Heather HazlettCarolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Irva Hertz-PicciottoDepartment of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Robert M JosephDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Margaret R KaragasDepartment of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA.
Susan KorrickChanning Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Rebecca LandaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Daniel MessingerDepartments of Psychology and Pediatrics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA.
Emily OkenDivision of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, USA.
Sally OzonoffDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Joseph PivenCarolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Juhi PandeyChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sheela SathyanarayanaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, USA.
Robert T SchultzChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Tanya St JohnSpeech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Rebecca SchmidtDepartment of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Heather VolkDepartment of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Craig J NewschafferA.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, 3020 Market St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes
Funding
Project-005U2COD023375 · OD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JUNFENG ZHANG · 2016 to 2026
$215.9MECHODAC (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Data Analysis Center)U24OD023382 · OD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Diane J Catellier, LISA P JACOBSON · 2016 to 2026
$148.4MThe NYU Children’s Health & Environment Study: an ECHO CohortUH3OD023305 · OD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Akhgar Ghassabian, Leonardo Trasande · 2018 to 2026
$59.5MMount Sinai ECHO site for Perinatal Environment and Development StudiesUH3OD023337 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KECIA Nicole CARROLL, Robert O Wright · 2018 to 2026
$54.1MCellular and molecular mechanisms governing cortical surface area overgrowth in iPSC-derived neural cells from longitudinally characterized individuals with autismR01HD055741 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Joseph Piven · 2007 to 2026
$52.6MConduits: Mount Sinai Health System Translational Science HubUL1TR004419 · NCATS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Rosalind J Wright · 2022 to 2026
$46.4MA prospective study of critical environmental exposures in formative early life that impact lifelong health in rural US children: the New Hampshire Birth Cohort StudyUH3OD023275 · OD · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI MARGARET Rita KARAGAS, Juliette Madan · 2018 to 2026
$44.3MThe ECHO Measurement Core: A Framework and Resource for Assessing Environmental Exposure and Child HealthU24OD023319 · OD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Courtney K Blackwell, RICHARD GERSHON · 2016 to 2026
$43.7MPrenatal and Early Childhood Pathways To Health: An Integrated Model of Chemical and Social Exposures, Biological Mechanisms, and Sex-Specific Effects on Neurodevelopment and Respiratory OutcomesUH3OD023271 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BUSH, NICOLE RENEE, KARR, CATHERINE J · 2018 to 2022
$37.3MUNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Hazel B Nichols · 2001 to 2026
$36.3MMSHS Translational Science HubUL1TR001433 · NCATS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI WRIGHT, ROSALIND J · 2015 to 2019
$26.6MThe NYU Children’s Health & Environment Study: an ECHO CohortUG3OD023305 · OD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TRASANDE, LEONARDO · 2016 to 2024
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Abstract
Prior work proposed a shortened version of the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), a commonly used quantitative measure of social communication traits. We used data from 3031 participants (including 190 ASD cases) from the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program to compare distributional properties and criterion validity of 16-item "short" to 65-item "full" SRS scores. Results demonstrated highly overlapping distributions of short and full scores. Both scores separated case from non-case individuals by approximately two standard deviations. ASD prediction was nearly identical for short and full scores (area under the curve values of 0.87, 0.86 respectively). Findings support comparability of shortened and full scores, suggesting opportunities to increase efficiency. Future work should confirm additional psychometric properties of short scores.
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CommunicationSocial BehaviorAdolescentArea Under CurveAutism Spectrum DisorderChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMalePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsAutism spectrum disorderQuantitative traitsSocial communicationSocial Responsiveness Scale
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