Characterizing Objective Quality of Life and Normative Outcomes in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Latent Class Analysis

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2707-2719

  Bishop Fitzpatrick, Lauren ^a   Hong, Jinkuk ^a   Smith, Leann E ^a   Makuch, Renee A ^a   Greenberg, Jan S ^a   Mailick, Marsha R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily living skills; Executive function; Expressed emotion; Heterogeneity; Maternal warmth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; YOUNG ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84969942268     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2816-3     Document Type: Article

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