German validation of the Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales-self-report (CAARS-S) I: Factor structure and normative data

European Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-107

  Christiansen, H ^a   Kis, B ^b   Hirsch, O ^a   Philipsen, A ^c   Henneck, M ^d   Panczuk, A ^d   Pietrowsky, R ^d   Hebebrand, J ^b   Schimmelmann, B G ^e  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult ADHD; Adult ADHD assessment; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS); Diagnostic issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONNERS ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951580381     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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