Adhd across cultures: Is there evidence for a bidimensional organization of symptoms?

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-372

  Bauermeister, José J ^a   Canino, Glorisa ^a   Polanczyk, Guilherme ^b   Rohde, Luis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESTLESSNESS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 77951717609     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374411003691743     Document Type: Article

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