Assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1345-1365

  Grondhuis, Sabrina N ^a   Aman, Michael G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Autism

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN; AUTISM; AUTISM COMORBIDITY INTERVIEW PRESENT AND LIFETIME; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER COMORBID FOR CHILDREN; BABY AND INFANT SCALE FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM TRAIT; BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN; BRIER TRAUMA SCALE; CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT; CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CHILDREN AUTOMATIC THOUGHT SCALE; CHILDREN INTERVIEW FOR PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOM; CHILDREN YALE BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONNER PARENT RATING SCALE; COOLIDGE PERSONALITY AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT FOR THE SVERELY HANDICAPP; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; DSM-IV-TR; EARLY CHILDHOOD INVENTORY; EMOTION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; ISLE OF WIGHT INTERVIEW; KIDDIE SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIDIMENTIONAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; NISONGER CHILD BEHAVIOR RATING FORM; NO FORMAL MEASURE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONTARIO CHILD HEALTH STUDY; PEDIATRIC BEHAVIOR SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; REVISED CHILDREN MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; SCREEN FOR CHILD ANXIETY AND RELATED EMOTIONAL DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL ANXIETY SALE FOR CHILDREN; SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR ADOLESCENT; SOCIAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY INVENTORY FOR CHILDREN; SOCIAL WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE; STRESS SURVEY SCHEDULE; SUBJECTIVE UNIT OF DISTRESS SURVEY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84862738019     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.04.006     Document Type: Review

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