A National Epidemiological Study of Offending and Its Relationship With ADHD Symptoms and Associated Risk Factors

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-13

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b,c,d   Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora ^d,e   Young, Susan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; anger; attitudes; comorbid problems; conduct disorder; emotional lability; offending; peer delinquency; self esteem; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDES; COMORBID PROBLEMS; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOOD DISORDER; OFFENDER; OFFENDING; PEER DELINQUENCY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ESTEEM; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE USE; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADHD; ANGER; ATTITUDES; COMORBID PROBLEMS; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONAL LABILITY; OFFENDING; PEER DELINQUENCY; SELF-ESTEEM; SUBSTANCE USE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIMINALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890506438     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712437584     Document Type: Article

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