Don't anger me! Bullying, victimization, and emotion dysregulation in young adolescents with ASD

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-370

  Rieffe, Carolien ^a,b   Camodeca, Marina ^c   Pouw, Lucinda B C ^a   Lange, Aurelie M C ^a   Stockmann, Lex ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d Center for Autism   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anger; Autism; Bullying; Guilt; Shame; Social and emotional functioning; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861385238     PISSN: 17405629     EISSN: 17405610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2012.680302     Document Type: Article

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