Symptom exaggeration by college adults in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disorder assessments

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-207

  Sullivan, Brian K ^a   May, Kim ^a   Galbally, Lynne ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adults; Effort testing; Learning disorders; Symptom exaggeration; Symptom validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 37549035090     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280701509083     Document Type: Article

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