Reliability and validity of freedom from distractibility and processing speed factors in the norwegian WISC-III-version

Nordic Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-149

  Egeland, Jens ^a   Sundberg, Hilde ^a   Andreassen, Tor Herman ^a   Stensli, Odd ^a  

^a Vestfold Mental Health Care Trust   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADHD; Factor analysis; Freedom from distractibility; Processing speed; WISC III

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746089149     PISSN: 19012276     EISSN: 19040016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1901-2276.58.2.136     Document Type: Article

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