The human figure drawing as related to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 689-693

  Perets Dubrovsky, Sharon ^a   Kaveh, Michelle ^a   Deutsh Castel, Tsofia ^a,b   Cohen, Ayala ^b   Tirosh, Emanuel ^a,b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Human figure drawing; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONNERS TEACHER AND PARENT RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRAWING; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KOPPITZ EMOTIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SCALE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATCHING FAMILIAR FIGURE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77952900032     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809344122     Document Type: Article

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