Brief report: Social skills, internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia in autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 730-737

  Neuhaus, Emily ^a   Bernier, Raphael ^a   Beauchaine, Theodore P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Emotion regulation; Externalizing; Heart rate variability; Internalizing; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Social skills

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84894388037     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1923-7     Document Type: Article

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