Brief report: Preliminary evaluation of the theory of mind inventory and its relationship to measures of social skills

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 512-517

  Lerner, Matthew D ^a   Hutchins, Tiffany L ^b   Prelock, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Psychometrics; Scale evaluation; Social skills; Theory of mind; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION OF CHILDREN'S THEORY OF MIND MEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; SOCIAL SKILLS RATING SYSTEM PARENT; SYMPTOM; THEORY OF MIND; THEORY OF MIND INVENTORY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79955985323     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1066-z     Document Type: Article

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