The social aptitudes scale: An initial validation

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 508-513

  Liddle, Elizabeth B ^a   Batty, Martin J ^a   Goodman, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorder; Diagnosis; Methodology; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 67349230871     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0456-4     Document Type: Article

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