Relationships between neuropsychological measures of executive function and behavioral measures of ADHD symptoms and comorbid behavior

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-394

  Jonsdottir, Solveig ^a   Bouma, Anke ^b   Sergeant, Joseph A ^c   Scherder, Erik J A ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Behavioral ratings; Children; Executive function; Language; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; TEACHER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33747337259     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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