An examination of the psychometric properties of the attention deficit scales for adults with outpatient substance abusers

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 755-764

  West, Steven L ^a   Mulsow, Miriam ^b   Arredondo, Rudy ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; ADSA; Co morbidity; Psychometrics; Substance abusers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLIT HALF CORRELATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34648818168     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990600753883     Document Type: Article

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