Internal consistency and discriminant validity of a delay-discounting task with an adult self-reported ADHD sample

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 412-422

  Hurst, Ruth M ^a   Kepley, Hayden O ^a   McCalla, Marjorie K ^a   Livermore, Melissa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; adults; delay discounting task; impulsivity; inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957803124     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054710365993     Document Type: Article

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