Attentional focus of students with hyperactivity during a word-search task

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 335-343

  Zentall, Sydney S ^a   Hall, Arlene M ^a   Lee, David L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit; Persistence; Production deficits; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0031733776     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021947705373     Document Type: Article

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