Continuity and change in the social competence of children with autism, down syndrome, and developmental delays

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Sigman, Marian ^a   Ruskin, Ellen ^a   Arbelle, Shoshana ^a   Corona, Rosalie ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a   Espinosa, Michael ^a   Kim, Norman ^a   López, Alma ^a   Zierhut, Cynthia ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0040190375     PISSN: 0037976X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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