TY - JOUR
T1 - The screen for social interaction (SSI)
T2 - A screening measure for autism spectrum disorders in preschoolers
AU - Ghuman, Jaswinder K.
AU - Leone, Sarah L.
AU - Lecavalier, Luc
AU - Landa, Rebecca J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by an NIMH Minority Supplement grant MH50047 to JKG– Parent RO1 Grant MH50047 to Allan Reiss, M.D. Special thanks to the families and the children who participated in this project, my (JKG) mentors, Drs. Susan Folstein and Michael Aman, for their guidance, encouragement and generosity, my (JKG) biostatistics teachers, Drs. Marie Diener-West and James Tonascia, Irena Bukelis and Lynn Medley for their help with the project, and Rachele Peterson for her help with the bibliography.
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - We report on the preliminary validity and utility of the Ghuman-Folstein Screen for Social Interaction (SSI), a measure of social interaction that can serve to screen for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in clinical samples of young high-risk children. Caregivers of 350 children (176 younger participants, ages 24-42 months, mean age = 34.1 months; and 174 older participants, ages 43 to 61 months, mean age = 52.4 months) with ASDs, non-ASD developmental and/or psychiatric disorders, or without developmental concerns completed the SSI. A series of analyses resulted in shortened versions of the SSI: a 26-item SSI-Younger (SSI-Y) and a 21-item SSI-Older (SSI-O) version. The SSI-Y and SSI-O showed moderate convergence with ASD diagnostic measures and significantly differentiated ASD and non-ASD clinical groups. Sensitivity and specificity values for discriminating ASD and non-ASD clinical participants were 0.87 and 0.71, respectively for the SSI-Y and 0.81 and 0.70, respectively for the SSI-O. Scoring recommendations were made based on the ROC results.
AB - We report on the preliminary validity and utility of the Ghuman-Folstein Screen for Social Interaction (SSI), a measure of social interaction that can serve to screen for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in clinical samples of young high-risk children. Caregivers of 350 children (176 younger participants, ages 24-42 months, mean age = 34.1 months; and 174 older participants, ages 43 to 61 months, mean age = 52.4 months) with ASDs, non-ASD developmental and/or psychiatric disorders, or without developmental concerns completed the SSI. A series of analyses resulted in shortened versions of the SSI: a 26-item SSI-Younger (SSI-Y) and a 21-item SSI-Older (SSI-O) version. The SSI-Y and SSI-O showed moderate convergence with ASD diagnostic measures and significantly differentiated ASD and non-ASD clinical groups. Sensitivity and specificity values for discriminating ASD and non-ASD clinical participants were 0.87 and 0.71, respectively for the SSI-Y and 0.81 and 0.70, respectively for the SSI-O. Scoring recommendations were made based on the ROC results.
KW - Autism spectrum disorders
KW - Early identification
KW - Joint attention
KW - Preschool
KW - Screening
KW - Social interaction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.008
DO - 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 21821391
AN - SCOPUS:80053642181
SN - 0891-4222
VL - 32
SP - 2519
EP - 2529
JO - Research in Developmental Disabilities
JF - Research in Developmental Disabilities
IS - 6
ER -