Factor Structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fourth Edition in Children with ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1013-1021

  Thaler, Nicholas S ^a   Barchard, Kimberly A ^a   Parke, Elyse ^a   Jones, W Paul ^a   Etcoff, Lewis M ^a   Allen, Daniel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Cattell Horn Carroll; confirmatory factor analysis; WISC IV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84946570133     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712459952     Document Type: Article

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