Hyperactivity and attention problems in a swiss sample of school-aged children: Effects of school achievement, child gender, and informants

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-76

  Pierrehumbert, Biaise ^a   Bader, Michel ^a   Thévoz, Sara ^a   Kinal, Anna ^a   Halfon, Olivier ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attention deficit; Gender; Hyperactivity; School achievement

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33745962892     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054705286050     Document Type: Article

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