Measuring social communication behaviors as a treatment endpoint in individuals with autism spectrum disorder

Autism

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 622-636

  Anagnostou, Evdokia ^a   Jones, Nancy ^b   Huerta, Marisela ^c   Halladay, Alycia K ^d   Wang, Paul ^d   Scahill, Lawrence ^e   Horrigan, Joseph P ^b   Kasari, Connie ^f   Lord, Cathy ^c   Choi, Dennis ^g   Sullivan, Katherine ^h   Dawson, Geraldine ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Autism Speaks Inc   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; behavioral measurement; outcome measures; social cognition and social behavior

Indexed keywords

ABERRANT BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL SUBSCALE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; AUTISM SPECTRUM RATING SCALE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN; CHILDREN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNICATION AND SYMBOLIC BEHAVIOR SCALE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EARLY SOCIAL COMMUNICATION SCALE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL EXPERT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER BEHAVIOR INVENTORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; SOCIAL SKILLS IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DEVICES; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SKILLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930911854     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361314542955     Document Type: Article

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