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Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Background of Parents of Autistic Children.
Sanua, Victor D. – 1980
The paper discusses the relationship between social class and infantile autism and provides supporting evidence for L. Kanner's original findings regarding a relationship between infantile autism and high socioeconomic status. Section I contains studies which are clinical or impressionistic in nature; while Sections II and III focus on studies on…
Descriptors: Autism, Cross Cultural Studies, Etiology, Infants
Mourning, Wartime Bereavement and Psychopathology: Cross-Cultural Findings.
Sanua, Victor D. – 1984
War bereavement has excruciating consequences for the families of victims. To examine the cultural differences in mourning, wartime bereavement, and psychopathology among United States and Israeli families, 20 American families of soldiers who died in the Vietnam War and 20 Israeli families of soldiers who died in the Yom Kippur War were…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Death, Emotional Response
A Transnational Survey of Mental Health Professionals in the United States and Europe on the Etiology of Infantile Autism.
Sanua, Victor D. – 1984
The paper first reviews previous studies made of the causes of schizophrenia as seen by mental health professionals in Western countries and in the Third World. The study at hand focuses on infantile autism and how it is viewed by professionals in the United States and Europe. Questionnaires addressed issues, characteristics and etiology,…
Descriptors: Autism, Biological Influences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences