German Validation of the Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scale-Self-Report: Confirmation of Factor Structure in a Large Sample of Participants With ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 690-698

  Christiansen, Hanna ^a   Hirsch, Oliver ^a   Philipsen, Alexandra ^b   Oades, Robert D ^c   Matthies, Swantje ^b   Hebebrand, Johannes ^c   Ueckermann, Jennifer ^c   Abdel Hamid, Mona ^c   Kraemer, Markus ^d   Wiltfang, Jens ^c   Graf, Erika ^b   Colla, Michael ^e,k   Sobanski, Esther ^f   Alm, Barbara ^f   Rösler, Michael ^g   Jacob, Christian ^h   Jans, Thomas ^h   Huss, Michael ⁱ   Schimmelmann, Benno G ^j   Kis, Bernhard ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^k MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

ADHD; adult ADHD; adult ADHD assessment; Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS); diagnostic issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT ADHD; ADULT ADHD ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONNERS ADULT ADHD RATING SCALES (CAARS); DIAGNOSTIC ISSUES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADHD; ADULT ADHD; ADULT ADHD ASSESSMENT; CONNERS ADULT ADHD RATING SCALES (CAARS); DIAGNOSTIC ISSUES;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84877249539     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054711435680     Document Type: Article

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