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Reliability and validity of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale-Tokyo version (CARS-TV)

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A Japanese translation of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) (the Tokyo version of the CARS, CARS-TV) was used with 167 developmentally disabled children under age 16. Cronbach's coefficient alpha was 87. The interrater reliability (r) for each of the 15 scales based on 128 children ranged from .43 to .77 with an average of .62. Based on the 167 children, the total CARS-TV score demonstrated a satisfactory level of taxonomic validity (Thorndike, 1982) on DSM-III diagnostic groups. The total score discriminated infantile autism and other pervasive developmental disorders more efficiently from mental retardation without an additional diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder than an IQ. The total score also showed a satisfactory concurrent validity on the overall rating of autism.

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  1. Psychiatric Research Institute of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Yuko Miyake

  2. Nerima Welfare Center for the Mentally and Physically Handicapped, Tokyo, Japan

    Kaoru Katsuno

  3. Division of Developmental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, NCNP, Japan, 1-7-3 Konodai, 272, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan

    Hiroshi Kurita

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This study was supported in part by a grant from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan (No. 63480263). The authors thank Dr. E. Schopler for his permission to use a Japanese translation of the CARS in this study.

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Kurita, H., Miyake, Y. & Katsuno, K. Reliability and validity of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale-Tokyo version (CARS-TV). J Autism Dev Disord 19, 389–396 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02212937

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