An exploration into the relevance of Dickman's functional and dysfunctional impulsivity dichotomy for understanding ADHD-type behaviors

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-44

  Morgan, Keith ^a   Norris, Gareth ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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