Do non-referred young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their caregivers agree when reporting anxiety symptoms? A preliminary investigation using the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 546-558

  Magiati, Iliana ^a   Chan, Jing Yi ^a   Tan, Wen Li Julianne ^a   Poon, Kenneth K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agreement; Anxiety; Assessment; Autism; Reliability; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PANIC; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPENCE CHILDRENS ANXIETY SCALE CHILD VERSION; SPENCE CHILDRENS ANXIETY SCALE PARENT VERSION;

EID: 84896362402     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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