Social attribution in children with high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome: An exploratory study in the Chinese setting

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1538-1548

  Chan, Raymond C K ^a   Hu, Zhou Yi ^b   Cui, Ji Fang ^c   Wang, Ya ^a   McAlonan, Grainne M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Pharmacy   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorders; Chinese; Social attribution; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79958074203     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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