Consistency in the ratings of behaviors of communicatively impaired autistic and non-autistic preschool children

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 214-224

  Rapin, I ^a   Steinberg, M ^b   Waterhouse, L ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Marymount College   (United States)

^c Department of Health and Exercise Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavior; Children; Communication disorder; Interrater agreement

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENT; PLAY; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STEREOTYPY; TEACHER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032731854     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050132     Document Type: Article

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