Links between Social Understanding and Social Behavior in Verbally Able Children with Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-130

  Travis, Lisa ^a   Sigman, Marian ^a   Ruskin, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Social behavior; Social understanding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035317674     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010705912731     Document Type: Article

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