Attachment in adults with high-functioning autism

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-163

  Taylor, Emma L ^a   Target, Mary ^b   Charman, Tony ^c  

^a Mile End Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AAI; Asperger's syndrome; Attachment; Autism; Security

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51449123632     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730802113687     Document Type: Article

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