Association Between Childhood Specific Learning Difficulties and School Performance in Adolescents With And Without ADHD Symptoms: A 16-Year Follow-Up

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-72

  Taanila, Anja ^a,b   Ebeling, Hanna ^b   Tiihala, Marjo ^a   Kaakinen, Marika ^a   Moilanen, Irma ^b   Hurtig, Tuula ^a,b   Yliherva, Anneli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

ADHD; adolescents; educational aspirations; school performance; SLD; specific learning difficulties

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SLD; SPECIFIC LEARNING DIFFICULTIES;

ADHD; ADOLESCENTS; EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS; SCHOOL PERFORMANCE; SLD; SPECIFIC LEARNING DIFFICULTIES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84890544456     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712446813     Document Type: Article

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