Gender differences on the Five to Fifteen questionnaire in a non-referred sample with inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity and a clinic-referred sample with hyperkinetic disorder

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 540-547

  Lambek, Rikke ^a   Trillingsgaard, Anegen ^a,b   Kadesjö, Björn ^c   Damm, Dorte ^b   Thomsen, Per Hove ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; Clinic referred children; Five to Fifteen questionnaire; Gender; Hyperkinetic disorder; Non referred children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78649461331     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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