Psychometric study of the test of variables of attention: Preliminary findings on Taiwanese children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Wu, Yu Yu ^b   Huang, Yu Shu ^b   Chen, Yu Ying ^b   Chen, Chih Ken ^c   Chang, Tzyh Chyang ^a   Chao, Chia Chen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Reliability; Taiwan; Test of variables of attention; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TAIWAN; TEACHER; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34247593837     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01658.x     Document Type: Article

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