Brief report: Assessment of the social-emotional profile in children with autism spectrum disorders using a novel comic strip task

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2505-2512

  Sivaratnam, Carmel S ^a   Cornish, Kim ^a   Gray, Kylie M ^a   Howlin, Patricia ^b   Rinehart, Nicole J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief understanding; Early to middle childhood; Emotion understanding; Intention understanding; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMIC STRIP TASK; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84867859208     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1498-8     Document Type: Article

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