The missing link: Delayed emotional development predicts challenging behavior in adults with intellectual disability

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 786-800

  Sappok, Tanja ^a   Budczies, Jan ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^b   Bölte, Sven ^c   Dosen, Anton ^d   Diefenbacher, Albert ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; Autism spectrum disorders; Challenging behavior; Emotional development; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTYPY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896390314     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1933-5     Document Type: Article

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