Comparison of eating attitudes between adolescent girls with and without asperger syndrome: Daughters' and mothers' reports

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 480-486

  Kalyva, Efrosini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Agreement; Asperger syndrome; Eating attitudes; Mothers; Reports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849108542     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-008-0648-5     Document Type: Article

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