Anxiety symptoms in young people with autism spectrum disorder attending special schools: Associations with gender, adaptive functioning and autism symptomatology

Autism

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 306-320

  Magiati, Iliana ^a   Ong, Clarissa ^b   Lim, Xin Yi ^a   Tan, Julianne Wen Li ^a   Ong, Amily Yi Lin ^a   Patrycia, Ferninda ^a   Fung, Daniel Shuen Sheng ^b   Sung, Min ^b   Poon, Kenneth K ^c   Howlin, Patricia ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; anxiety; autism spectrum disorder; children; correlates; predictors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SINGAPORE; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMPLICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84962550210     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361315577519     Document Type: Article

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