The unity and diversity of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity in ADHD: Evidence for a general factor with separable dimensions

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1137-1150

  Toplak, Maggie E ^a   Pitch, Ashley ^a   Flora, David B ^a   Iwenofu, Linda ^a   Ghelani, Karen ^b   Jain, Umesh ^c   Tannock, Rosemary ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescents; Bifactor model; Factor analysis; Hyperactivity impulsivity; Inattention; Symptom domains

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 74249099350     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-009-9336-y     Document Type: Article

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