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ERIC Number: EJ579567
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
Social Functioning among Girls with Fragile X or Turner Syndrome and Their Sisters.
Mazzocco, Michele M. M.; Baumgardner, Thomas; Freund, Lisa S.; Reiss, Allan L.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v28 n6 p509-17 Dec 1998
Social behaviors among girls (ages 6-16) with fragile X (n=8) or Turner syndrome (n=9) were examined to address the role of family environment versus biological determinants of social dysfunction. Compared to their sisters, subjects had lower IQS and higher rating of social and attention problems. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Biological Influences, Children, Family Influence, Females, Intelligence Differences, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Retardation, Nature Nurture Controversy, Siblings, Social Development, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fragile X Syndrome; Turners Syndrome