Online story comprehension among children with ADHD: Which core deficits are involved?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 853-865

  Flory, Kate ^a   Milich, Richard ^b   Lorch, Elizabeth P ^b   Hayden, Angela N ^b   Strange, Chandra ^b   Welsh, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Core deficits; Inattention; Story comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; MEMORY; ONLINE SYSTEM; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NARRATION; PHONETICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33845456199     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-006-9070-7     Document Type: Article

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