Is There a Link Between Autistic People Being Perceived Unfavorably and Having a Mind That Is Difficult to Read?

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 3973-3982

  Alkhaldi, Rabi Samil ^a   Sheppard, Elizabeth ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; First impressions; Mind reading; Person perception; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DOMINANT; DSM-IV; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIKEABLE; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUSTWORTHY; VIDEORECORDING; ATTITUDE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85067698618     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04101-1     Document Type: Article

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