Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in an adult sample: Associations with cloninger's temperament and character dimensions

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-294

  Gomez, Rapson ^a   Woodworth, Rosalind ^a   Waugh, Megan ^a   Corr, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Cooperation; Harm Avoidance; Hyperactivity; Inattention; Novelty Seeking; Persistence; Reward Dependence; Self Directedness; Self Transcendence

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555168153     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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