The Adult Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-2 (RBQ-2A): A Self-Report Measure of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3680-3692

  Barrett, Sarah L ^a   Uljarević, Mirko ^b   Baker, Emma K ^b   Richdale, Amanda L ^b   Jones, Catherine R G ^a   Leekam, Susan R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Autism; Principal components analysis; Questionnaire; Repetitive behaviours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT REPETITIVE BEHAVIOURS QUESTIONNAIRE 2; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMPULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84944511115     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2514-6     Document Type: Article

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