The interplay between anxiety and social functioning in Williams syndrome

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1220-1229

  Riby, Deborah M ^a,c   Hanley, Mary ^a,b   Kirk, Hannah ^c   Clark, Fiona ^d   Little, Katie ^d   Fleck, Ruth ^d   Janes, Emily ^e,f   Kelso, Linzi ^b   O'Kane, Fionnuala ^b   Cole Fletcher, Rachel ^e   Allday, Marianne Hvistendahl ^d   Hocking, Darren ^c   Cornish, Kim ^c   Rodgers, Jacqui ^e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Social; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT; ANXIETY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898865653     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-013-1984-7     Document Type: Article

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