Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS™-2)

The SRS-2 measures how much difficulty a person has with reciprocal social behaviour — the back-and-forth of ordinary social exchange — and how severe that difficulty is. It is built to detect subtle presentations as well as obvious ones.

Sixty-five items are rated from not true to almost always true by someone who has known the person at least a month. Alongside a total score, five treatment subscales are produced: social awareness, social cognition, social communication, social motivation, and restricted interests and repetitive behaviour. Two further subscales map directly onto DSM-5 criteria, separating social communication difficulties from restricted and repetitive behaviour. Results come as T-scores.

Licensing Notes: Scored by hand using AutoScore forms, by software, or through the WPS Online Evaluation System. Spanish forms available. Reproduction requires publisher permission.

Learn More: Four forms cover three age ranges. Preschool (2:6 to 4:6) and School-Age (4 to 18) are completed by a parent or teacher; the School-Age form uses the same items as the original SRS. Adult (19 to 89) is completed by a relative, spouse, or friend, and an Adult Self-Report version exists for the same range.