Development and Validation of a Scale to Assess the Symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adults

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-161

  Caterino, Linda C ^a   Gómez Benito, Juana ^b   Balluerka, Nekane ^c   Amador Campos, Juan A ^b   Stock, William A ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d Lumir Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; confirmatory factor analysis; reliability; validity; young adult population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66549127721     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015577     Document Type: Article

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