Effects of temperament, symptom severity and level of functioning on maternal stress in Greek children and youth with ASD

Autism

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 593-607

  Konstantareas, Mary M ^a   Papageorgiou, Vaya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Medical Psychopaedological Centre   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Emotion regulation; Maternal stress; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TEMPERAMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750212756     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361306068511     Document Type: Article

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