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Volume 18 Number 2 February 2014
Contents
Editorial
The power of words: Is qualitative research as important as quantitative
research in the study of autism?
67
Sven Bölte
Articles
Structural validation of the abridged Autism Spectrum Quotient–Short
Form in a clinical sample of people with autism spectrum disorders
69
Renate Kuenssberg, Aja L Murray, Tom Booth and Karen McKenzie
Comparison of a broad-based screen versus disorder-specific screen in
detecting young children with an autism spectrum disorder
76
Lisa D Wiggins, Vivian Piazza and Diana L Robins
Attachment in young children with autism spectrum disorders: An examination
of separation and reunion behaviors with both mothers and fathers
85
Rebecca L Grzadzinski, Rhiannon Luyster, Amelia Gunn Spencer and Catherine Lord
Object exploration at 6 and 9 months in infants with and without risk for autism
97
Erin A Koterba, Nina B Leezenbaum and Jana M Iverson
Sex differences and within-family associations in the broad autism phenotype
106
Jessica Klusek, Molly Losh and Gary E Martin
Increasing autism prevalence in metropolitan New Jersey
117
Walter Zahorodny, Josephine Shenouda, Sandra Howell, Nancy Scotto Rosato, Bo Peng and Uday Mehta
Examining restricted and repetitive behaviors in young children with autism
spectrum disorder during two observational contexts
127
Sheri Stronach and Amy M Wetherby
Pitch discrimination and melodic memory in children with autism spectrum disorders
137
Sandy Stanutz, Joel Wapnick and Jacob A Burack
Immunization uptake in younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder
Ghassan Abu Kuwaik, Wendy Roberts, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Susan Bryson, Isabel M Smith, Peter Szatmari,
Bonnie M Modi, Nadia Tanel and Jessica Brian
148
Motor proficiency and physical fitness in adolescent males with and without
autism spectrum disorders
156
Chien-Yu Pan
A randomised group comparison controlled trial of ‘preschoolers with autism’: A parent
education and skills training intervention for young children with autistic disorder
166
Bruce Tonge, Avril Brereton, Melissa Kiomall, Andrew Mackinnon and Nicole J Rinehart
Referral pattern and special interests in children and adolescents with Asperger
syndrome: a Turkish referred sample
178
Canan Tanidir and Nahit M Mukaddes
Special education and care services for children, adolescents, and adults with autism
spectrum disorders in France: Families’ opinion and satisfaction
185
Cécile Rattaz, Bernard Ledesert, Olivier Masson, Lisa Ouss, Géraldine Ropers and Amaria Baghdadli
Short Reports
Relationship satisfaction, parenting stress, and depression in mothers of
children with autism
194
Amy S Weitlauf, Alison C Vehorn, Julie L Taylor and Zachary E Warren
Birth order rank as a moderator of the relation between behavior problems
among children with an autism spectrum disorder and their siblings
199
Theodore S Tomeny, Tammy D Barry and Stephanie H Bader
Lay Abstracts
203