Validation of French-Canadian versions of the Empathy Quotient and Autism Spectrum Quotient

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 272-276

  Lepage, Jean Françis ^a   Lortie, Mélissa ^a   Taschereau Dumouchel, Vincent ^a   Théoret, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic spectrum disorder; Empathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449380841     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016248     Document Type: Article

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