Ability of college students to simulate ADHD on objective measures of attention

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-338

  Booksh, Randee Lee ^a   Pella, Russell D ^b,d   Singh, Ashvind N ^c   Gouvier, William Drew ^d  

^a Metairie ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Metropolitan State Hospital   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AD HD; ADHD; Attention; Malingering; Neuropsychology; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 72149131459     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054708329927     Document Type: Article

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