Retrospective Assessment of ADHD Symptoms in Childhood: Discriminatory Validity of Finnish Translation of the Wender Utah Rating Scale

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 449-459

  Kivisaari, Sasa ^a   Laasonen, Marja ^a   Leppämäki, Sami ^a   Tani, Pekka ^a   Hokkanen, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

ADHD; DyAdd; dyslexia; self rating scales; Wender Utah Rating Scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84863589857     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054710397801     Document Type: Article

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