Validity of the aberrant behavior checklist in children with autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1103-1116

  Kaat, Aaron J ^a   Lecavalier, Luc ^a   Aman, Michael G ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant Behavior Checklist; Assessment; Autism spectrum disorder; Factor analysis; Irritability; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

ABERRANT BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANFORD BINET 5; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84898860346     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1970-0     Document Type: Article

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