Self-reported social skills impairment explains elevated autistic traits in individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-36

  Tonge, Natasha A ^a   Rodebaugh, Thomas L ^a   Fernandez, Katya C ^a   Lim, Michelle H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Measurement; Social anxiety; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM QUOTIENT SCALE SHORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENERALIZED SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SKILLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952932963     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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