Sibling influences on theory of mind development for children with ASD

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 713-719

  O'Brien, Karen ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^a   Peterson, Candida C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; siblings; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTISM; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PARENTING; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79956075126     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02389.x     Document Type: Article

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