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Clinical: specific disorders

Systemizing Quotient-Revised.

SQ-R

What it measures
Drive to analyse and construct rule-based systems; the systemising half of the empathising-systemising (E-S) theory of autism
Length and format
75 (SQ-R); original SQ 60 (40 + 20 filler). 4-point agreement; items scored 2/1/0; summed; higher in autism / males (E-S theory) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Many languages incl. ES, FR, DE, IT, NL, JA, ZH
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Wheelwright, S., Baron-Cohen, S., Goldenfeld, N., et al. (2006). Predicting Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) from the Systemizing Quotient-Revised (SQ-R) and Empathy Quotient (EQ). Brain Research, 1079(1), 47-56.

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