Investigating emotional impairments in adults with autism spectrum disorders and the broader autism phenotype

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-264

  Berthoz, Sylvie ^a,b,c,d   Lalanne, Christophe ^a,c,d,e   Crane, Laura ^f,g   Hill, Elisabeth L ^f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Depression; Physical anhedonia; Psychometrics; Social anhedonia

Indexed keywords

20 ITEMTORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; BERMOND VORST ALEXITHYMIA QUESTIONNAIRE; CHAPMAN PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ANHEDONIA SCALE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84880699987     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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