Theory of mind, severity of autistic symptoms and parental correlates in children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Nagar Shimoni, Hagit ^a   Weizman, Abraham ^b,c   Yoran, Roni Hegesh ^a,b   Raviv, Amiram ^b  

^a Beer Yaacov Nes Ziona Mental Health Center   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; High functioning autism; Parental correlates; Social Attribution Task; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ATTRIBUTION TASK; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84862310249     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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