Social cognition and its relation to psychosocial adjustment in children with nonverbal learning disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-49

  Galway, Tanya M ^a   Metsala, Jamie L ^b  

^a Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

nonverbal learning disability; psychosocial adjustment; social cognition; social problem solving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 79951927388     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219410371680     Document Type: Article

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