Moral and social reasoning in autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1364-1376

  Shulman, Cory ^a   Guberman, Ainat ^b   Shiling, Noa ^a   Bauminger, Nirit ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b The David Yellin College of Education   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abstract thinking; Autism spectrum disorders; Social and moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84863864645     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1369-8     Document Type: Article

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