ADHD and personality: A meta-analytic review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 376-388

  Gomez, Rapson ^a   Corr, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Five factor model; Hyperactivity; Inattention; Meta analysis; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGREEABLE INHIBITION; AGREEABLENESS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CONSCIENTIOUS INHIBITION; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; EMOTIONALITY; FIVE FACTOR MODEL; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTEGRATED FIVE FACTOR MODEL; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 84902267919     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2014.05.002     Document Type: Review

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