Gender Differences in the Social Motivation and Friendship Experiences of Autistic and Non-autistic Adolescents

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1297-1306

  Sedgewick, Felicity ^a   Hill, Vivian ^a   Yates, Rhiannon ^a   Pickering, Leanne ^a   Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Friendship; Gender; Girls; Peer relationships; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; FRIENDSHIP QUALITIES SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MOTIVATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; SPECIAL EDUCATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FRIEND; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84951834577     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2669-1     Document Type: Article

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