Impulsive, but violent? Are components of the attention deficit-hyperactivity syndrome associated with aggression in relationships?

Violence Against Women

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1464-1489

  Theriault, Stephen W ^a   Holmberg, Diane ^b  

^a Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0035604992     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778010122183946     Document Type: Article

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