Table 1.

Search strategy

Ovid Databases (APA PsycInfo, MEDLINE ALL)
1	(Autis* or Asperger* Syndrome or Pervasive Development* Disorder* or ASD or ASC or Neurodevelopment* Disorder*).mp [mp = title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word, unique identifier]
2	((emotion* or affect* or mood) and (co-regulation or regulation or dysregulation)).mp [mp = title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word, unique identifier]
3	(adolescen* or teenage* or young or juvenile or young adult*).mp [mp = title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word, unique identifier]
4	1 and 2 and 3
5	remove duplicates from 4