The Need for a Broader Approach to Emotion Regulation Research in Autism

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-97

  Mazefsky, Carla A ^a   Pelphrey, Kevin A ^b   Dahl, Ronald E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective interference; Autism; Cognitive control; Emotion regulation; Perseveration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856967546     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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