An aid for diagnosing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at adulthood: psychometric properties of the French versions of two Wender Utah Rating Scales (WURS-25 and WURS-K)

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-331

  Caci, Hervé M ^a   Bouchez, Jacques ^b   Baylé, Franck J ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b Clinique LibertÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950690993     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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