Brief report: Development of the adolescent empathy and systemizing quotients

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2225-2235

  Auyeung, Bonnie ^a   Allison, Carrie ^a   Wheelwright, Sally ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Autism; Empathy; Sex differences; Systemizing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; EMPATHY QUOTIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIZING QUOTIENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84866734734     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1454-7     Document Type: Article

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