An exploration into the creative abilities of children with ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 88-95

  Healey, Dione ^a   Rucklidge, Julia J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ADHD; Creativity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 20444427193     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054705277198     Document Type: Article

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