Assessment of stigma associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Psychometric evaluation of the ADHD Stigma Questionnaire

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Kellison, Ida ^a   Bussing, Regina ^a   Bell, Lindsay ^a   Garvan, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Community sample; Disclosure concerns; Factor structure; Public stigma; Reliability; Self stigma; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER STIGMA QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; STIGMA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77953808227     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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