Teachers' and education students' perceptions of and reactions to children with and without the diagnostic label "ADHD"

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-105

  Ohan, Jeneva L ^a   Visser, Troy A W ^b   Strain, Melanie C ^c   Allen, Linda ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Bias; Diagnosis; Label; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 78650836593     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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