Sanna Kuusikko

Summary

Affiliation: University of Oulu
Country: Finland

Publications

  1. ncbi Psychometric evaluation of social phobia and anxiety inventory for children (SPAI-C) and social anxiety scale for children-revised (SASC-R)
    Sanna Kuusikko
    Dept of Child Psychiatry, Child Psychiatric Clinic, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Finland
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 18:116-24. 2009
  2. ncbi Social anxiety in high-functioning children and adolescents with Autism and Asperger syndrome
    Sanna Kuusikko
    Clinic of Child Psychiatric, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    J Autism Dev Disord 38:1697-709. 2008
  3. ncbi Emotion recognition in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders
    Sanna Kuusikko
    Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, P O Box 26, Oulu 90029 OYS, Finland
    J Autism Dev Disord 39:938-45. 2009
  4. ncbi Multi-informant reports of psychiatric symptoms among high-functioning adolescents with Asperger syndrome or autism
    Tuula Hurtig
    Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Oulu, OYS, Finland
    Autism 13:583-98. 2009
  5. ncbi Processing of affective speech prosody is impaired in Asperger syndrome
    Pirjo Korpilahti
    Cognitive Laboratory, Clinical Neurophysiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    J Autism Dev Disord 37:1539-49. 2007
  6. ncbi Use of context in pragmatic language comprehension by children with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism
    Soile Loukusa
    Department of Finnish, Information Studies and Logopedics, University of Oulu, PO Box 1000, FIN 90014, Oulu, Finland
    J Autism Dev Disord 37:1049-59. 2007
  7. ncbi When does the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) predict autism spectrum disorders in primary school-aged children?
    Marja Leena Mattila
    Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University Hospital of Oulu, University of Oulu, P O Box 26, 90029, Oulu, Finland
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 18:499-509. 2009

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Psychometric evaluation of social phobia and anxiety inventory for children (SPAI-C) and social anxiety scale for children-revised (SASC-R)
    Sanna Kuusikko
    Dept of Child Psychiatry, Child Psychiatric Clinic, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Finland
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 18:116-24. 2009
    ..These findings question whether cross-cultural differences in the expression of SP influence the clinical cut-off scores used in translated versions of social anxiety questionnaires...
  2. ncbi Social anxiety in high-functioning children and adolescents with Autism and Asperger syndrome
    Sanna Kuusikko
    Clinic of Child Psychiatric, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    J Autism Dev Disord 38:1697-709. 2008
    ..Data support that HFA/AS in adolescents may be associated with clinically relevant social anxiety symptoms...
  3. ncbi Emotion recognition in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders
    Sanna Kuusikko
    Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Child Psychiatry, University and University Hospital of Oulu, P O Box 26, Oulu 90029 OYS, Finland
    J Autism Dev Disord 39:938-45. 2009
    ..The results support the findings that individuals with ASD have difficulties in emotion recognition. However, older subjects with ASD seem to have better skills than younger subjects with ASD...
  4. ncbi Multi-informant reports of psychiatric symptoms among high-functioning adolescents with Asperger syndrome or autism
    Tuula Hurtig
    Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Oulu, OYS, Finland
    Autism 13:583-98. 2009
    ..However, anxiety and depressive symptoms were more commonly reported by adolescents with AS/HFA and their teachers than their parents, indicating that some emotional distress may be hidden from their parents...
  5. ncbi Processing of affective speech prosody is impaired in Asperger syndrome
    Pirjo Korpilahti
    Cognitive Laboratory, Clinical Neurophysiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    J Autism Dev Disord 37:1539-49. 2007
    ..Our results provide evidence for familial patterns of abnormal auditory brain reactions to prosodic features of speech...
  6. ncbi Use of context in pragmatic language comprehension by children with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism
    Soile Loukusa
    Department of Finnish, Information Studies and Logopedics, University of Oulu, PO Box 1000, FIN 90014, Oulu, Finland
    J Autism Dev Disord 37:1049-59. 2007
    ..Both AS/HFA groups had difficulties explaining their correct answers, suggesting that they are not always aware of how they have derived answers from the context...
  7. ncbi When does the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) predict autism spectrum disorders in primary school-aged children?
    Marja Leena Mattila
    Clinic of Child Psychiatry, University Hospital of Oulu, University of Oulu, P O Box 26, 90029, Oulu, Finland
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 18:499-509. 2009
    ..The clinicians are reminded that the ASSQ is a screening instrument, not a diagnosing instrument. The importance of using both parents' and teachers' ratings for screening in clinical settings is underlined...