Teacher Ratings of ADHD Symptoms in Ethnic Minority Students: Bias or Behavioral Difference?

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 418-435

  Hosterman, Shelley J ^a   DuPaul, George J ^a   Jitendra, Asha K ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; bias; direct observations; ethnicity; teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749137356     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012668     Document Type: Article

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