Are peer support groups for adolescents with Asperger's syndrome helpful?

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-62

  Weidle, Bernhard ^a,c   Bolme, Britt ^a,b   Hoeyland, Anne Lise ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Troendelag Resource Centre for Special Education   (Norway)

^c Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Region Middle Norway   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asperger's syndrome; Peer support groups

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 31944441170     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104506059119     Document Type: Review

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