Comparison of Mother, Father, and Teacher Reports of ADHD Core Symptoms in a Sample of Child Psychiatric Outpatients

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 699-710

  Sollie, Henrik ^a,b   Larsson, Bo ^b   Mørch, Willy Tore ^c  

^a Møre and Romsdal Health Trust   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADHD; assessment; children; informant agreement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMANT AGREEMENT; MALE; MOTHER; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADHD; ASSESSMENT; CHILDREN; INFORMANT AGREEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FACULTY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OUTPATIENTS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84885225400     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054711436010     Document Type: Article

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