Loneliness and friendship in high-functioning children with autism

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 447-456

  Bauminger, Nirit ^a   Kasari, Connie ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034154655     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00156     Document Type: Article

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