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| Sanna KuusikkoSummaryAffiliation: University of Oulu Country: Finland Publications
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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...
Social anxiety in high-functioning children and adolescents with Autism and Asperger syndromeSanna 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...
Emotion recognition in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disordersSanna 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...
Multi-informant reports of psychiatric symptoms among high-functioning adolescents with Asperger syndrome or autismTuula 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...
Processing of affective speech prosody is impaired in Asperger syndromePirjo 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...
Use of context in pragmatic language comprehension by children with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autismSoile 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...
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...
