'Too withdrawn' or 'too friendly': Considering social vulnerability in two neuro-developmental disorders

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-350

  Jawaid, A ^a   Riby, D M ^b   Owens, J ^c   White, S W ^d   Tarar, T ^e   Schulz, P E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Social; Vulnerability; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BULLYING; CEREBELLUM; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FRIENDSHIP; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; TURNER SYNDROME; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NERVE NET; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SAFETY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIALIZATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 84858445453     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01452.x     Document Type: Review

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