ADHD and Hyperkinetic Disorder Symptoms in Australian Adults: Descriptive Scores, Incidence Rates, Factor Structure, and Gender Invariance

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 325-334

  Gomez, Rapson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; adults; Australia; Current Symptoms Scale; descriptive scores; factor models; gender invariance; hyperkinetic disorder; incidence rates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIS; IMPULSIVENESS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962850848     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054713485206     Document Type: Article

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