Joint attention in parent-child dyads involving children with selective mutism: A comparison between anxious and typically developing children

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-92

  Nowakowski, Matilda E ^a   Tasker, Susan L ^b   Cunningham, Charles E ^a   McHolm, Angela E ^a   Edison, Shannon ^a   Pierre, Jeff St ^c   Boyle, Michael H ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Children and Youth Services Child and Parent Resource Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Joint attention; Parent child interactions; Selective mutism

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTISM; PARENT; PHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTISM; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951809645     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-010-0208-z     Document Type: Article

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