Autistic Traits in Male and Female Students and Individuals with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders Measured by the Polish Version of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Pisula, Ewa ^a   Kawa, Rafał ^a   Szostakiewicz, Łukasz ^b   Łucka, Izabela ^b   Kawa, Magdalena ^a   Rynkiewicz, Agnieszka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POLAND; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84884515237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075236     Document Type: Article

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