Conscientiousness as a mediator of the association between masculinized finger-length ratios and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 790-798

  Martel, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Hormones; Mediation; Personality

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 70249101811     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02065.x     Document Type: Article

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