Psychometric properties of an adolescent version of the Barratt impulsiveness scale-11 for a sample of Italian high school students

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 621-635

  Fossati, Andrea ^a,c   Barratt, Ernest S ^b   Acquarini, Elena ^d   Ceglie, Antonella Di ^d  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; ITALY; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SMOKING;

EID: 0036781995     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.2.621     Document Type: Article

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