Table 2.
Domain of assessment | Measure | Outcome variablea | Interpretation of score |
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Performance-based assessments of cognition | |||
Verbal + nonverbal intelligence | KBIT-2 | Raw score composite | Higher score = more skills |
Working memory (immediate memory for spatial-temporal sequences) | CANTAB Spatial Span | Forward span length | Higher score = more skills |
Visuomotor scanning and hand-eye coordination | NEPSY-II Visuomotor Precision, ages 3–4 | Total score (time and number of errors) | Higher score = more skills |
Caregiver-informed assessments of cognition and behavior | |||
Executive functioning | BRIEF School Age | Global Executive Composite standard score | Higher score = more impairments |
Adaptive | SIB-R Short Form | Standard score composite | Higher score = more adaptive skills |
Maladaptive | NCBRF | Conduct problems, insecure/anxious, and hyperactivity subscale raw scores | Higher score = more maladaptive behaviors |
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptomatology | SCQ-Lifetime | Total raw score | Higher score = more ASD-like symptoms |
KBIT-2 Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, 2nd edition, CANTAB Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery, BRIEF Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function, SIB-R Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised, NCBRF Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form, SCQ Social Communication Questionnaire
aAll outcome variables were age-corrected