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Hallett, Victoria; Ronald, Angelica; Rijsdijk, Fruhling; Happe, Francesca – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
Internalizing difficulties are prevalent in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), yet little is known about the underlying cause of this comorbidity. It is also unclear which types of autistic-like and internalizing difficulties are most strongly associated. The current study investigated the phenotypic and etiological associations…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Twins, Structural Equation Models, Autism
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Jones, Catherine R. G.; Pickles, Andrew; Falcaro, Milena; Marsden, Anita J. S.; Happe, Francesca; Scott, Sophie K.; Sauter, Disa; Tregay, Jenifer; Phillips, Rebecca J.; Baird, Gillian; Simonoff, Emily; Charman, Tony – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterised by social and communication difficulties in day-to-day life, including problems in recognising emotions. However, experimental investigations of emotion recognition ability in ASD have been equivocal, hampered by small sample sizes, narrow IQ range and over-focus on the visual modality.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Investigations, Autism, Adolescents
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Fisher, Naomi; Happe, Francesca; Dunn, Judy – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between language and theory of mind in children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and children with moderate learning difficulties (MLD). Previous studies have found a strong association between language and theory of mind in a range of groups, but mostly have not included…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Learning Problems, Autism, Task Analysis