The relation of story structure properties to recall of television stories in young children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and nonreferred peers

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-309

  Lorch, Elizabeth Pugzles ^a   Sanchez, Rebecca Polley ^a   Van Den Broek, Paul ^b   Milich, Richard ^a   Murphy, Erin L ^a   Lorch Jr , Robert F ^a   Welsh, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Story comprehension; Story recall; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PEER GROUP; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TELEVISION;

EID: 0032831168     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022658625678     Document Type: Article

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