Pragmatic deficits and social impairment in children with ADHD

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1275-1283

  Staikova, Ekaterina ^a,b   Gomes, Hilary ^a   Tartter, Vivien ^a   McCabe, Allyssa ^c   Halperin, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; pragmatic language; social skills

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SKILLS;

ADHD; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE; SOCIAL SKILLS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 84887845755     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12082     Document Type: Article

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