Mindfulness and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1087-1098

  Smalley, Susan L ^a   Loo, Sandra K ^a   Hale, T Sigi ^a   Shrestha, Anshu ^b   McGough, James ^c   Flook, Lisa ^a   Reise, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Novelty seeking; Self directedness; Self transcendence; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449395802     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20618     Document Type: Article

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