Boredom proneness and sleep disorders as predictors of adult attention deficit scores

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Kass, Steven J ^a   Wallace, J Craig ^b   Vodanovich, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BOREDOM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERACTIVITY; INSOMNIA; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0742322596     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108705470300700202     Document Type: Article

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