The Reliability and Validity of the English and Spanish Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD and Normal Behavior Rating Scales in a Preschool Sample: Continuum Measures of Hyperactivity and Inattention

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 510-516

  Lakes, Kimberley D ^a   Swanson, James M ^a   Riggs, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; rating scale; Spanish; SWAN

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863578472     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054711413550     Document Type: Article

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