Assessment of anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) most commonly includes parent questionnaires. However, due to the nature of the questions and verbal limitations often present in children with ASD, caregivers may have difficulty completing such measures. Caregivers of 144 children with ASD ages 6 to 12 completed the Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory-4 ASD Anxiety Scale and rated their level of confidence in responding to each item. Results indicated that parents had a moderate to high level of confidence in rating their children’s anxiety symptoms. Parent confidence was not influenced by their child’s age, expressive language ability, or intellectual functioning, but was related to their child’s anxiety symptom count and ASD severity.

对自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 儿童的焦虑评估最常见的是家长问卷。然而，由于自闭症谱系障碍儿童经常出现的问题的性质和言语限制，护理人员可能难以完成这些措施。144 名 6 至 12 岁 ASD 儿童的照顾者完成了儿童和青少年症状量表 4 ASD 焦虑量表，并评估了他们对每个项目做出反应的信心水平。结果表明，父母对评估孩子的焦虑症状有中度到高度的信心。家长的信心不受孩子的年龄、语言表达能力或智力功能的影响，但与孩子的焦虑症状计数和自闭症谱系障碍的严重程度有关。