Mothers' narratives regarding their child with autism predict maternal synchronous behavior during play

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1255-1263

  Hutman, Ted ^a,c   Siller, Michael ^a,b   Sigman, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Caregiving; Maternal sensitivity; Mother child interaction; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NARRATIVE; PLAY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NARRATION; PARENTING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70449570870     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02109.x     Document Type: Article

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