PMID- 27739870 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180123 LR - 20221207 IS - 1464-5076 (Electronic) IS - 0269-9206 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 3 DP - 2017 TI - Characteristics of communication among Japanese children with autism spectrum disorder: A cluster analysis using the Children's Communication Checklist-2. PG - 234-249 LID - 10.1080/02699206.2016.1238509 [doi] AB - Some overlap has been suggested among the subtypes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. The Japanese version of the Children's Communication Checklist-2 (CCC-2) is a useful measure for identifying profiles in relation to communication impairments in children with ASD. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the CCC-2 could identify subtypes in relation to communication impairments in Japanese children with ASD. The study participants were 113 children with ASD but without intellectual disabilities aged 3-12 years. Parents were given the Japanese version of the CCC-2 and asked to rate their children, who were then classified into two groups based on statistical analysis. Significant differences were found between clusters in mean CCC-2 subscales. These results suggest that one subtype was associated with low language competence and strong characteristics of autism, while the other was associated with relatively high language competence and milder characteristics of autism. FAU - Tanaka, Sanae AU - Tanaka S AD - a Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University , Ishikawa , Japan. FAU - Oi, Manabu AU - Oi M AD - b United Graduate School of Child Development, Kanazawa University , Ishikawa , Japan. FAU - Fujino, Hiroshi AU - Fujino H AD - c Comprehensive Educational Science, Tokyo Gakugei University , Tokyo , Japan. FAU - Kikuchi, Mitsuru AU - Kikuchi M AD - a Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University , Ishikawa , Japan. FAU - Yoshimura, Yuko AU - Yoshimura Y AD - a Research Center for Child Mental Development, Kanazawa University , Ishikawa , Japan. FAU - Miura, Yui AU - Miura Y AD - d English Education Center, Institute for Education and Student Support, Ehime University , Ehime , Japan. FAU - Tsujii, Masatsugu AU - Tsujii M AD - e Faculty of Sociology , Chukyo University , Aichi , Japan. FAU - Ohoka, Harue AU - Ohoka H AD - f Chuo College of Social Services, Nihon Fukushi University , Aichi , Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161014 PL - England TA - Clin Linguist Phon JT - Clinical linguistics & phonetics JID - 8802622 SB - IM MH - *Asian People MH - Autism Spectrum Disorder/*classification MH - Checklist/standards/*statistics & numerical data MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Cluster Analysis MH - *Communication MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Japan MH - Male MH - Parents MH - Surveys and Questionnaires OTO - NOTNLM OT - Children's Communication Checklist, Version 2 OT - cluster analysis OT - communication OT - high-functioning autism spectrum disorder OT - subtype EDAT- 2016/10/16 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/24 06:00 CRDT- 2016/10/15 06:00 PHST- 2016/10/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/15 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/02699206.2016.1238509 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Linguist Phon. 2017;31(3):234-249. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2016.1238509. Epub 2016 Oct 14.