Can family affectedness inform infant sibling outcomes of autism spectrum disorders?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1021-1030

  Schwichtenberg, A J ^a   Young, G S ^a   Sigman, M ^b   Hutman, T ^b   Ozonoff, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; family factors; pervasive developmental disorder; siblings; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77955670713     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02267.x     Document Type: Article

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