Psychosocial Functioning and Life Satisfaction in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder Without Intellectual Impairment

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1259-1268

  Schmidt, Lilly ^a,b   Kirchner, Jennifer ^a,b   Strunz, Sandra ^c   Broźus, Julia ^c   Ritter, Kathrin ^c   Roepke, Stefan ^c   Dziobek, Isabel ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Autism; Life satisfaction; Psychosocial functioning; World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTISM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84983201837     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22225     Document Type: Article

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