The third factor of the WISC-III: It's (probably) not freedom from distractibility

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 322-328

  Reinecke, Mark A ^a   Beebe, Dean W ^b   Stein, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Factor III; Freedom From Distractibility; WISC III

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032976062     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199903000-00020     Document Type: Article

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