The Gordon Diagnostic System and WISC-III freedom from distractibility index: Validity in identifying clinic-referred children with and without ADHD

Psychological Reports

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 575-587

  Mayes, Susan Dickerson ^a   Calhoun, Susan L ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0036782714     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.91.2.575     Document Type: Article

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