Emotional problems suppress disorder/performance associations in adult ADHD assessment

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-210

  Hopwood, Christopher J ^a   Morey, Leslie C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CPT; Emotional problems; Personality assessment screener; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 46749118808     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-007-9067-8     Document Type: Article

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