- 著者
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若林 明雄
東條 吉邦
Baron-Cohen Simon
Wheelwright Sally
- 出版者
- 公益社団法人 日本心理学会
- 雑誌
- 心理学研究 (ISSN:00215236)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.75, no.1, pp.78-84, 2004
- 被引用文献数
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9
194
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Baron-Cohen, Wheelwright, Skinner, Martin, and Clubley (2001) constructed brief, self-administered instruments named the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), for measuring the degree to which an adult with normal intelligence has the traits associated with the autistic spectrum. In this paper, we report on a Japanese version of this new instrument. Three groups of Japanese subjects were assessed. Group 1 (<i>n</i>=57) consisted of adults with Asperger Syndrome (AS) or high-functioning autism (HFA). The other two groups were control groups. Subjects of Group 2 (<i>n</i>=194) were normal adults and those of Group 3 (<i>n</i>=1050) were students selected from five Universities in Tokyo and Chiba. The adults with AS/HFA had a mean AQ score of 37.9 (<i>SD</i>=5.31), which was significantly higher than the two control groups (Group 2: <i>X</i>=18.5, <i>SD</i>=6.21, and Group 3: <i>X</i>=20.7, <i>SD</i>=6.388). While eighty-eight percent of the adults with AS/HFA scored more than 33 points, only 3% of subjects in the two control groups indicated those points. Among the controls, males scored slightly but significantly higher than females. The reliability of the AQ in both test-retest and inter-rater measures were significantly high.