Open AccessBrazilian Portuguese Childhood Autism Spectrum Test: an investigation of the factor structure of autistic traits in school-aged children from Brazil
Author(s) -
Tatiane Cristina Ribeiro,
Luis C. Farhat,
Erasmo Barbante Casella,
Ana Soledade GraeffMartins,
Simon BaronCohen,
Carrie Allison,
Guilherme V. Polanczyk
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
brazilian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1809-452X
pISSN - 1516-4446
DOI - 10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2688
Subject(s) - autism , portuguese , psychology , test (biology) , autism spectrum disorder , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , brazilian portuguese , metropolitan area , psychiatry , medicine , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , biology
There is limited evidence about the cross-cultural validity of autistic symptoms in school-aged children in Brazil. We used data from a large school survey to evaluate the factor structure of autism symptoms in community-dwelling children and adolescents.