Social anxiety predicts aggression in children with ASD: Clinical comparisons with socially anxious and oppositional youth

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1205-1213

  Pugliese, Cara E ^a   White, Bradley A ^a   White, Susan W ^a   Ollendick, Thomas H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aggression; Asperger's; Autism; Child; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84877922299     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1666-x     Document Type: Article

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