Young adult educational and vocational outcomes of children diagnosed with ADHD

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-41

  Kuriyan, Aparajita B ^a   Pelham Jr , William E ^a   Molina, Brooke S G ^c   Waschbusch, Daniel A ^a   Gnagy, Elizabeth M ^a   Sibley, Margaret H ^a,b   Babinski, Dara E ^a,b   Walther, Christine ^c   Cheong, Jeewon ^c   Yu, Jihnhee ^b   Kent, Kristine M ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Education; Employment; Longitudinal outcomes; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872410743     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-012-9658-z     Document Type: Article

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