The Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scales—Short Self-Report and Observer Forms: Psychometric Properties of the Catalan Version

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 671-679

  Amador Campos, Juan Antonio ^a   Gómez Benito, Juana ^a   Ramos Quiroga, Josep Antoni ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADHD; Conners rating scales; construct validity; informant report; reliability; self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910037324     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712446831     Document Type: Article

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