Do Symptoms of ADHD at Ages 7 and 10 Predict Academic Outcome at Age 16 in the General Population?

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 635-645

  Holmberg, Kirsten ^a,b   Bölte, Sven ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

academic outcome; ADHD; adolescents; Conners 10 item scale; schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84910058511     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712452136     Document Type: Article

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