Personality Pathology of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Without Accompanying Intellectual Impairment in Comparison to Adults With Personality Disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4026-4038

  Strunz, Sandra ^a   Westphal, Linda ^a   Ritter, Kathrin ^a   Heuser, Isabella ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^a,b   Roepke, Stefan ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism spectrum disorder; Borderline personality disorder; Narcissistic personality disorder; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUTISM; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY; DSM-IV; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; NEO PERSONALITY INVENTORY REVISED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947793107     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2183-x     Document Type: Article

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