Taxonomic examination of ADHD and conduct problem comorbidity in elementary school children using cluster analyses

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-88

  King, Sara ^a   Waschbusch, Daniel A ^a   Frankland, Bradley W ^a   Andrade, Brendan F ^a   Thurston, Catherine M ^b   McNutt, Lisa ^c   Terrio, Branka ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cumberland Mental Health Services   (United States)

^c Chignecto Ctrl Reg School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Comorbidity; Conduct problems; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14544298290     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-005-5382-0     Document Type: Article

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