Validity of the factor structure of conners' CPT

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-357

  Egeland, Jens ^a   Kovalik Gran, Iwona ^a  

^a Vestfold Mental Health Care Trust   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conners' CPT; Focused attention; Hyperactivity; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 72149100723     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054709332477     Document Type: Article

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