Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms: Associations with Gray's and Tellegen's models of personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 902-906

  Gomez, Rapson ^a   Corr, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Behavioral Inhibition System Behavioral Activation System scales; Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire Brief; Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory; Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956885617     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.06.033     Document Type: Article

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