Influence of Autism Traits and Executive Functioning on Quality of Life in Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2734-2743

  de Vries, Marieke ^a,b   Geurts, Hilde ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Autism and ADHD Research Center (d'Arc)   (Netherlands)

^c Amsterdam Clinic   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Executive functioning; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; WORKING MEMORY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84941423614     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2438-1     Document Type: Article

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