The Social Referencing Observation Scale (SoROS) was developed to assess social referencing behaviors and as a screening instrument to identify children at risk of autism spectrum disorder. It is quick and easy for preschool teachers to administer. The instrument assesses social referencing behaviors in three different scenarios, where the administrator expresses fear, pain, and joy. The participants were 56 children with autism and 204 typically developing children aged between 2.6 and 5 years. The inter-rater agreement was high, and we found significant differences in scores between the autism spectrum disorder group and the group of typically developing children. The SoROS predicted an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis with excellent sensitivity and specificity. More research is needed with a larger and more diverse group of children.

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社会参考观察量表作为自闭症谱系障碍筛查工具的开发和验证

社会参照观察量表 (SoROS) 旨在评估社会参照行为，并作为一种筛查工具来识别有自闭症谱系障碍风险的儿童。幼儿园教师管理起来既快捷又容易。该工具在三种不同的场景中评估社会参考行为，管理员表达恐惧、痛苦和快乐。参与者是 56 名自闭症儿童和 204 名年龄在 2.6 至 5 岁之间的正常发育儿童。评分者之间的一致性很高，我们发现自闭症谱系障碍组和发育正常的儿童组之间的得分存在显着差异。SoROS 预测自闭症谱系障碍诊断具有出色的敏感性和特异性。需要对更大、更多样化的儿童群体进行更多研究。