Confirmatory factor analysis of the Adult Asperger Assessment: The association of symptom domains within a clinical population

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2321-2329

  Kuenssberg, Renate ^a   McKenzie, Karen ^b  

^a Lynebank Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's Syndrome; Autism; Confirmatory factor analysis; Pervasive developmental disorder; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ASPERGER ASSESSMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOM; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; COMMUNICATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053632124     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.034     Document Type: Article

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