Children's attitudes and behavioural intentions towards a peer with symptoms of ADHD: Does the addition of a diagnostic label make a difference?

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-111

  Urquhart Law, G ^a   Sinclair, Scott ^a   Fraser, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attitudes; Behavioural intentions; Labelling; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34447270261     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493507076061     Document Type: Article

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