Co-occurrence of autistic and schizotypal traits and its association with emotional and psychosocial function in Chinese college students

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 248, Issue , 2017, Pages 64-70

  Shi, Li juan ^a,b   Liu, Wen hua ^c   Shi, Hai song ^d   Yan, Chao ^e   Wang, Ya ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Cheung, Eric F C ^g   Chan, Raymond C K ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^g CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Autistic traits; Emotion; Psychosocial function; Schizophrenia spectrum disorder; Schizotypal traits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007128549     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.12.021     Document Type: Article

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