Sex Differences in Internalizing Problems During Adolescence in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 624-636

  Oswald, Tasha M ^a,b   Winter Messiers, Mary Ann ^a,c   Gibson, Brandon ^a,d   Schmidt, Alexandra M ^a,e   Herr, Cynthia M ^a   Solomon, Marjorie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Northwest Christian University   (United States)

^d OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^e PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Autism; Depression; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANXIETY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84955688589     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2608-1     Document Type: Article

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