Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Are there gender differences in school functioning?

School Psychology Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 292-308

  Dupaul, George J ^a   Jitendra, Asha K ^a   Tresco, Katy E ^a   Vile Junod, Rosemary E ^a   Volpe, Robert J ^b   Lutz, J Gary ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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