Autism spectrum quotient, coping with stress and quality of life in a non-clinical sample - an exploratory report

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pisula, Ewa ^a   Danielewicz, Dorota ^b   Kawa, Rafał ^a   Pisula, Wojciech ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Institute of Applied Psychology The Maria Grzegorzewska College for Special Education   (Poland)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

AQ; Autistic traits; Coping styles; Emotion oriented coping; Quality of life; Social diversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; AUTISTIC TRAIT; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR ASSESMENT; COPING INVENTORY FOR STRESSFUL SITUATIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE BREF; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISM; EMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945309482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0370-x     Document Type: Article

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