Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: A Meta-Analysis

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 302-317

  van Steensel, Francisca J A ^a   Bögels, Susan M ^a   Perrin, Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Autism; Children; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; META ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80052044947     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-011-0097-0     Document Type: Review

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