Generativity abilities predict communication deficits but not repetitive behaviors in autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1298-1304

  Dichter, Gabriel S ^a   Lam, Kristen S L ^a   Turner Brown, Lauren M ^a   Holtzclaw, Tia N ^a,c   Bodfish, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Communication; Generativity; Repetitive behaviors; Severity of symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS FLUENCY TASK; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; CREATIVENESS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 69049083379     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0742-3     Document Type: Article

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