Cognitive shifting and externalising problem behaviour in intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 755-766

  Visser, E M ^a   Berger, H J C ^a   Van Schrojenstein Lantman De Valk, H M J ^a   Prins, J B ^a   Teunisse, J P ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Autism   (Netherlands)

^c HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognitive shifting; Externalising problem behaviour; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE SHIFTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNALIZING PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; CONTROL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935710121     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jir.12182     Document Type: Article

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