Revisiting the latent structure of ADHD: Is there a 'g' factor?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 905-914

  Martel, Michelle M ^a   Von Eye, Alexander ^b   Nigg, Joel T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; development; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77954499606     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02232.x     Document Type: Article

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