Subclassification of Children with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder: Assignment to Social Subtypes

An elaborate version of the social subtyping system proposed by Wing and collaborators was examined in 58 children with a pervasive developmental disorder. Naive observers were able to reliably assign subjects into one of six subtypes on the basis of the behavior shown during a relatively unstructur...

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Published inJournal of developmental and physical disabilities Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 347 - 357
Main Author Roeyers, Herbert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Nature B.V 01.12.1997
Subjects
Autism
Cognitive Ability
Intelligence Quotient
Intelligence tests
Interpersonal Relationship
Interrater Reliability
Language Skills
Medical diagnosis
Mental Disorders
Observation
Pervasive developmental disorders
Physical Disabilities
Questionnaires
Rating Scales
Social behavior
Subtypes
Validity
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Summary:An elaborate version of the social subtyping system proposed by Wing and collaborators was examined in 58 children with a pervasive developmental disorder. Naive observers were able to reliably assign subjects into one of six subtypes on the basis of the behavior shown during a relatively unstructured playing session with a nonhandicapped peer. Subtypes were related to IQ, diagnosis (autism vs. PDD-NOS), severity of autism and several measures of social behavior, but were independent of sex and chronological age.
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ISSN:1056-263X
1573-3580
DOI:10.1023/A:1024930028788