Social anxiety in adult males with autism spectrum disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-23

  Spain, Debbie ^a   Happé, Francesca ^a   Johnston, Patrick ^a   Campbell, Malcolm ^b   Sin, Jacqueline ^a   Daly, Eileen ^a   Ecker, Christine ^a   Anson, Martin ^c   Chaplin, Eddie ^a   Glaser, Karen ^a   Mendez, Andreina ^a   Lovell, Karina ^b   Murphy, Declan G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Autism spectrum; Self report questionnaires; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 84987937073     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2016.08.002     Document Type: Article

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