Increased rates of depressed mood in mothers of children with ASD associated with the presence of the broader autism phenotype

Autism Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-148

  Ingersoll, Brooke ^a   Meyer, Katherine ^a   Becker, Mark W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broader autism phenotype; Depressed mood; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTAL STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953739260     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.170     Document Type: Article

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