Knowledge of autism and attitudes of children towards their partially integrated peers with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1867-1885

  Mavropoulou, Sophia ^a   Sideridis, Georgios D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Autism; Empathy; Knowledge; Partial integration; Peers

Indexed keywords

ADJECTIVE CHECKLIST; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUTISM; BASIC EMPATHY SCALE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHARED ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE ORIGINAL FORM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84906933614     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2059-0     Document Type: Article

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