Can questions about social interaction correctly identify preschool aged children with autism?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Williams, Katrina ^a,b   Perkins, Deborah ^b   Wheeler, Danielle ^a   Hayen, Andrew ^c   Bayl, Vivian ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

autism; children; preschool; questionnaire; social interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH DISORDER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHECKLIST; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84874117322     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12092     Document Type: Article

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