The Association Between Social Cognition and Executive Functioning and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 216-228

  Hollocks, Matthew J ^a   Jones, Catherine R G ^b   Pickles, Andrew ^a   Baird, Gillian ^c   Happé, Francesca ^a   Charman, Tony ^a   Simonoff, Emily ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; ASD; Depression; Executive functions; Neuropsychology; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84898910955     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1361     Document Type: Article

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