@article{ref1,
title="Social anxiety predicts aggression in children with ASD: clinical comparisons with socially anxious and oppositional youth",
journal="Journal of autism and developmental disorders",
year="2013",
author="Pugliese, Cara E. and White, Bradley A. and White, Susan W. and Ollendick, Thomas H.",
volume="43",
number="5",
pages="1205-1213",
abstract="The present study examined the degree to which social anxiety predicts aggression in children with high functioning autism spectrum disorders (HFASD, n = 20) compared to children with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD, n = 20) or with Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder (ODD/CD, n = 20). As predicted, children with HFASD reported levels of humiliation/rejection fears commensurate with children with SAD and exhibited aggression at levels commensurate with ODD/CD, and a curvilinear relationship between social fears and aggression was found in the HFASD group only. Results indicate the possibility of an optimal level of social-evaluative fears that is unique for children with HFASD; too little social fear or too much may contribute to problems with aggression.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0162-3257",
doi="10.1007/s10803-012-1666-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1666-x"
}