AQ Child
AQ Child
AQ Child
For Children
NOTE: This questionnaire is to be completed by the parent/guardian of each child aged 4 and
Slightly
Agree
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Definitely
Agree
14. S/he finds making up stories easy.
15. S/he is drawn more strongly to people than to
things.
16. S/he tends to have very strong interests, which
s/he gets upset about if s/he cant pursue.
17. S/he enjoys social chit-chat.
18. When s/he talks, it isnt always easy for others to
get a word in edgeways.
19. S/he is fascinated by numbers.
20. When s/he is read a story, s/he finds it difficult to
work out the characters intentions or feelings.
21. S/he doesnt particularly enjoy fictional stories.
22. S/he finds it hard to make new friends.
23. S/he notices patterns in things all the time.
24. S/he would rather go to the cinema than a
museum.
25. It does not upset him/her if his/her daily routine
is disturbed.
26. S/he doesnt know how to keep a conversation
going with her/his peers.
27. S/he finds it easy to read between the lines
when someone is talking to her/him.
28. S/he usually concentrates more on the whole
picture, rather than the small details.
29. S/he is not very good at remembering phone
numbers.
30. S/he doesnt usually notice small changes in a
situation, or a persons appearance.
31. S/he knows how to tell if someone listening to
him/her is getting bored.
32. S/he finds it easy to go back and forth between
different activities.
33. When s/he talk on the phone, s/he is not sure
when its her/his turn to speak.
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Definitely
Agree
34. S/he enjoys doing things spontaneously.
35. S/he is often the last to understand the point of a
joke.
36. S/he finds it easy to work out what someone is
thinking or feeling just by looking at their face.
37. If there is an interruption, s/he can switch back to
what s/he was doing very quickly.
38. S/he is good at social chit-chat.
39. People often tell her/him that s/he keeps going on
and on about the same thing.
40. When s/he was in preschool, s/he used to enjoy
playing games involving pretending with other
children.
41. S/he likes to collect information about categories
of things (e.g. types of car, types of bird, types of
train, types of plant, etc.).
42. S/he finds it difficult to imagine what it would be
like to be someone else.
43. S/he likes to plan any activities s/he participates
in carefully.
44. S/he enjoys social occasions.
45. S/he finds it difficult to work out peoples
intentions.
46. New situations make him/her anxious.
47. S/he enjoys meeting new people.
48. S/he is good at taking care not to hurt other
peoples feelings.
49. S/he is not very good at remembering peoples
date of birth.
50. S/he finds it very to easy to play games with
children that involve pretending.
BA-SBC-SW-CA
Slightly
Agree
Slightly
Disagree
Definitely
Disagree