MONOGRAPHS OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ...

VOL. 64, NO. 1, 1999

CONTENTS

ABSTRACT v

1. BACKGROUND AND GOALS OF THIS STUDY 1


II. STABILITY OF DIAGNOSIS AND INTELLIGENCE 11


III. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION, PLAY,
AND LANGUAGE SKILLS 29


IV. SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSIVENESS 54


V. PEER INTERACTIONS IN SCHOOL 66


VI. CORRELATES AND PREDICTORS OF
PEER INTERACTIONS IN SCHOOL 88


VII. SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION 98

REFERENCES 109

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 114

COMMENTARY

METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN
CROSS-SYNDROME COMPARISONS:
MATCHING PROCEDURES, SENSITIVITY (SE),
AND SPECIFICITY (SP)
Carolyn Mervis and Byron E Robinson 115

RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTARY BY
MERVIS AND ROBINSON
Marian Sigman 131

CONTRIBUTORS 140

STATEMENT OF
EDITORIAL POLICY 142