Towards a Treatment for Intolerance of Uncertainty in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Development of the Coping with Uncertainty in Everyday Situations (CUES©) Programme

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 3959-3966

  Rodgers, Jacqui ^a,c   Hodgson, Anna ^a,b   Shields, Kerry ^a,b   Wright, Catharine ^c   Honey, Emma ^a,b   Freeston, Mark ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Intervention; Intolerance of uncertainty; Parent group

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84992694604     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2924-0     Document Type: Article

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