Narrative competence and internal state language of children with Asperger Syndrome and ADHD

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1395-1407

  Rumpf, Anna Lena ^a   Kamp Becker, Inge ^a   Becker, Katja ^a   Kauschke, Christina ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Asperger syndrome; Autism spectrum disorders; Internal state language; Narrative competence; Theory of mind; Weak central coherence

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL STATE LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NARRATIVE; NARRATIVE COMPETENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STORYTELLING; VERBALIZATION;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NARRATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84860524348     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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