Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) test

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If you like taking tests, here's the AQ test (Baron-Cohen et al., 2001).
In their scientific study, 80% of the adults with AS or HFA scored between 32 and 50 (average score: 35), versus 2% of controls (NTs). Test-retest and interrater reliability of the AQ was good. The AQ is thus a valuable instrument for rapidly quantifying where any given individual is situated on the continuum from autism to normality.

Note: This is not a diagnostic test; it can only give you an indication!

Here's the test: AQ test



I scored AQ 35

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I score in the 30's every time I take it. I don't take it anymore.

39

43.


M.

32 - That's interesting. Thanks for the link.

My score was 42

i scored 45 on this particular test.

for the EQ and SQ tests i scored 20 and 79 respectively... i am wondering how these results correlate

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I scored 39.

I've scored 35 on that test.

39 this time.

Z

42

And since I like criticizing test questions...

When I talk, it isn't always easy for others to get a word in edgewise.

This seems to ask for a lot (ok, maybe not a lot) of insight into what other people, with normal conversing instincts are thinking. I eventually figured it out, but all I knew for a long time was that people would blow up, avoid me, or excuse themselves quickly in subsequent meetings for what seemed to be unknown reasons.

I did that at Thanksgiving. I didn't realize it until my husband told me so I have no idea when I am doing this to people. Then I finally stopped and asked them to ask me questions about A League Of Their Own and I might be able to answer it.

I got 42

33. And I'm not fully diagnosed yet. :/

I got a 42 this time around.

Nice that you're asking. I found out recently that Wheelwright, Baron-Cohen, and others actually did a study on the relation between AQ, EQ and SQ-R

Here's the summary of their publication:

Wheelwright, S., Baron-Cohen, S., Goldenfeld, N., Delaney, J., Fine, D., Smith, R., Weil, L., & Wakabayashi, A. (2006). Predicting Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) from the Systemizing Quotient-Revised (SQ-R) and Empathy Quotient (EQ). Brain Research, 1079 (1), 47-56.

BACKGROUND: Empathizing is a specific component of social cognition. Empathizing is also specifically impaired in autism spectrum condition (ASC). These are two dimensions, measurable using the Empathy Quotient (EQ) and the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ). ASC also involves strong systemizing, a dimension measured using the Systemizing Quotient (SQ). The present study examined the relationship between the EQ, AQ and SQ. The EQ and SQ have been used previously to test for sex differences in 5 'brain types' (Types S, E, B and extremes of Type S or E). Finally, people with ASC have been conceptualized as an extreme of the male brain. METHOD: We revised the SQ to avoid a traditionalist bias, thus producing the SQ-Revised (SQ-R). AQ and EQ were not modified. All 3 were administered online. SAMPLE: Students (723 males, 1038 females) were compared to a group of adults with ASC group (69 males, 56 females). AIMS: (1) To report scores from the SQ-R. (2) To test for SQ-R differences among students in the sciences vs. humanities. (3) To test if AQ can be predicted from EQ and SQ-R scores. (4) To test for sex differences on each of these in a typical sample, and for the absence of a sex difference in a sample with ASC if both males and females with ASC are hyper-masculinized. (5) To report percentages of males, females and people with an ASC who show each brain type. RESULTS: AQ score was successfully predicted from EQ and SQ-R scores. In the typical group, males scored significantly higher than females on the AQ and SQ-R, and lower on the EQ. The ASC group scored higher than sex-matched controls on the SQ-R, and showed no sex differences on any of the 3 measures. More than twice as many typical males as females were Type S, and more than twice as many typical females as males were Type E. The majority of adults with ASC were Extreme Type S, compared to 5% of typical males and 0.9% of typical females. The EQ had a weak negative correlation with the SQ-R. DISCUSSION: Empathizing is largely but not completely independent of systemizing. The weak but significant negative correlation may indicate a trade-off between them. ASC involves impaired empathizing alongside intact or superior systemizing. Future work should investigate the biological basis of these dimensions, and the small trade-off between them.

That's interesting, huh?