The test of everyday attention for children (TEA-Ch): Patterns of performance in children with ADHD and clinical controls

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 251-264

  Heaton, Shelley C ^a   Reader, Steven K ^a   Preston, Andrew S ^a   Fennell, Eileen B ^a   Puyana, Olivia E ^a   Gill, Nicole ^a   Johnson, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035791679     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/chin.7.4.251.8736     Document Type: Article

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