Inattention, Hyperactivity, and Emergent Literacy: Different Facets of Inattention Relate Uniquely to Preschoolers' Reading-Related Skills

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 208-219

  Sims, Darcey M ^a   Lonigan, Christopher J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; READING;

EID: 84876342490     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.738453     Document Type: Article

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