A Preliminary Cross-Cultural Study: The Korean Version of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (K-AQ)

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· 발행기관 : 한국언어치료학회
· 수록지 정보 : 언어치료연구 / 28권 / 3호 / 71 ~ 80페이지
· 저자명 : 심이슬, 이옥분

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Purpose : The AQ (Autism-Spectrum Quotient)(Baron-Cohen et al., 2001) is a selfadministered instrument for measuring the degree to which an adult with normal intelligence has the traits associated with the autistic spectrum disorder. This study is aimed to advance a Korean version of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient questionnaire and investigate the autistic tendency of Korean adults. Methods : Total of 374 participants aged 18 – 70 without communication disorders were divided into two groups; Group 1 (91 university students, males: 22, female: 69, mean age: 20.25), Group 2 (283 general adults, males: 56, females: 227, mean age 41.99). The AQ is a questionnaire made up of 50 questions, including 10-questions each assessing 5 different aspects (Social skill, Attention switching, Local details, Communication, Imagination). In this study, the translated Korean-version AQ was used. The results were analysed using one-way Anova for comparing in each five subscale of the AQ questionnaire, and the one-sample t-test for comparing in three countries. Results : The mean AQ in Group 1 was 17.88 and Group 2 was 19.45, and there was a significant group difference in total mean AQ and two subscales, Communication and Imagination. In both Korean groups, males presented higher mean AQ score than females, but there was no significant gender difference. In the comparison between Korea, UK, and Japan, Korean data demonstrated overlapped most of the pattern of the results in previous studies, except some of the details. Conclusions : The results of present study corresponds to the previous studies, while it pointed out that there are some differences among Korea, UK, and Japanese results. Thus, it can be described that the AQ questionnaire can be used cultural-independent. In the future study, we should explore the cultural differences more and conduct further study, including adults with autism spectrum disorders, to support clinical significance.

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