Brief Report: A Pilot Study of Parent–Child Biobehavioral Synchrony in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4140-4146

  Baker, Jason K ^a   Fenning, Rachel M ^a   Howland, Mariann A ^a   Baucom, Brian R ^b   Moffitt, Jacquelyn ^a   Erath, Stephen A ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Electrodermal activity; Parent child interaction; Psychophysiology; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIOBEHAVIORAL SYNCHRONY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BIOBEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 84947865656     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2528-0     Document Type: Article

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