Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Among Young Adolescents With ADHD: Relations to Mental Health, Academic, and Social Functioning

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 681-689

  Becker, Stephen P ^a   Langberg, Joshua M ^b,c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; adolescence; comorbidity; impairment; sluggish cognitive tempo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRMENT; MALE; SLUGGISH COGNITIVE TEMPO;

ADHD; ADOLESCENCE; COMORBIDITY; IMPAIRMENT; SLUGGISH COGNITIVE TEMPO;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84885216356     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054711435411     Document Type: Article

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