Brief report: The assessment of anxiety in high-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1138-1145

  White, Susan W ^a   Schry, Amie R ^a   Maddox, Brenna B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autism; Evaluation; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CASI ANXIETY SCALE; CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SHORT MOOD AND FEELINGS QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84863874971     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1353-3     Document Type: Article

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