Social Representations of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 1988-1997

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-406

  Schmitz, Mark F ^a,b   Filippone, Prema ^a   Edelman, Elaine M ^a,c  

^a Stt Univ of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Content analysis; Print media; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142264141     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X0394004     Document Type: Review

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