"Why Is This So Hard?" A Review of Detection of Malingered ADHD in College Students

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 186-201

  Musso, Mandi W ^a   Gouvier, Wm Drew ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; adult ADHD; college students; effort; malingering

Indexed keywords

ADULT ADHD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COLLEGE STUDENTS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALINGERING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADHD; ADULT ADHD; COLLEGE STUDENTS; EFFORT; MALINGERING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; HUMANS; MALINGERING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897764624     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712441970     Document Type: Article

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