Freeman B J, Ritvo E R, Schroth P C, Tonick I, Guthrie D, Wake L
Am J Psychiatry. 1981 Jan;138(1):25-9. doi: 10.1176/ajp.138.1.25.
The authors are developing the Behavior Observation Scale to objectively differentiate autistic, normal, and mentally retarded children aged 30--60 months. They describe operational definitions and procedures and report data on the frequency of selected behaviors among 114 children. Prior studies have revealed that to assess the clinical significance of behaviors in autistic children, both frequency of occurrence per subject and the number of children exhibiting the behaviors must be considered concurrently. This study confirms the hypothesis that it is critical to consider the IQ of the child when assessing the clinical significance of individual behaviors and groups of behaviors.
作者们正在开发行为观察量表，以客观地区分年龄在30至60个月的自闭症、正常和智力迟钝儿童。他们描述了操作定义和程序，并报告了114名儿童中特定行为出现频率的数据。先前的研究表明，要评估自闭症儿童行为的临床意义，必须同时考虑每个受试者行为的出现频率以及表现出这些行为的儿童数量。本研究证实了这一假设，即在评估个体行为和行为组的临床意义时，考虑儿童的智商至关重要。
