Brief Report of Preliminary Outcomes of an Emotion Regulation Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3487-3495

  Thomson, Kendra ^a,b   Burnham Riosa, Priscilla ^a   Weiss, Jonathan A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Cognitive behavior therapy; Emotion regulation; Individual therapy; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; PARENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84944513019     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2446-1     Document Type: Article

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