Creative style and achievement in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 673-677

  White, Holly A ^a   Shah, Priti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adult; Creative achievement; Creativity; Divergent thinking; Hyperactivity impulsivity; Inattention; Inhibitory control

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551608493     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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