Symptoms and behavior problems of adolescents and adults with autism: Effects of mother-child relationship quality, warmth, and praise

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Smith, Leann E ^a   Greenberg, Jan S ^a   Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^a   Hong, Jinkuk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER;

EID: 53049084307     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/2008.113:387-402     Document Type: Article

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