Brief report: Human figure drawings by children with Asperger's syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 988-994

  Lim, Hui Keow ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Draw a person test; Human figure drawing; Pictorial representation; Vineland adaptive behaviour scales

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRAWING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARD; TREE;

ADOLESCENT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 42649133472     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0468-z     Document Type: Article

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