Predictors of quality of life for autistic adults

Autism Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1138-1147

  Mason, David ^a   McConachie, Helen ^a   Garland, Deborah ^b   Petrou, Alex ^a   Rodgers, Jacqui ^a   Parr, Jeremy R ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

autism; gender; public mental health; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASC-UK REGISTRATION QUESTIONNAIRE; AUTISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; FAMILY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046452069     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1965     Document Type: Article

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