Child temperaments, differential parenting, and the sibling relationships of children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1740-1750

  Rivers, Jessica Wood ^b   Stoneman, Zolinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Differential parenting; Families; Siblings; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERAMENT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; SIBLING RELATIONS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 53949100614     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0560-z     Document Type: Article

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