Social competence with an unfamiliar peer in children and adolescents with high functioning autism: Measurement and individual differences

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-39

  Usher, Lauren V ^a   Burrows, Catherine A ^a   Schwartz, Caley B ^b   Henderson, Heather A ^c  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

High functioning autism; Initiative; Peer interaction; Reciprocity; Self monitoring; Social competence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; AUTISM SPECTRUM SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE FOR CHILDREN REVISED; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY OF MIND; UNFAMILIAR PEER; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN;

EID: 84953880565     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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