The Broader Autism Phenotype, Social Interaction Anxiety, and Loneliness: Implications for Social Functioning

Current Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 246-255

  Lamport, Dustin ^a   Zlomke, Kimberly R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broader autism phenotype; Loneliness; Personality; Social functioning; Social interaction anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957435358     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-014-9210-0     Document Type: Article

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