The latent structure of cognitive and emotional empathy in individuals with autism, first-degree relatives and typical individuals

Molecular Autism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Grove, Rachel ^a   Baillie, Andrew ^a   Allison, Carrie ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b,c   Hoekstra, Rosa A ^b,d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism; broader autism phenotype; Empathy; factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84906559839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-42     Document Type: Article

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