Evidence for a General Factor Model of ADHD in Adults

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 635-644

  Gibbins, Christopher ^a   Toplak, Maggie E ^b   Flora, David B ^b   Weiss, Margaret D ^a,c   Tannock, Rosemary ^d,e  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD symptoms; bifactor model; dimensional models; factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863989166     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054711416310     Document Type: Article

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