A psychometric evaluation of the social skills rating system in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 733-746

  Van Der Oord, S ^a   Van Der Meulen, E M ^b   Prins, P J M ^a   Oosterlaan, J ^c   Buitelaar, J K ^d   Emmelkamp, P M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Children; Factor analysis; Social skills; SSRS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEACHER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 18844365079     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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