Structure of the Wechsler intelligence scale for children - Fourth edition in a group of children with ADHD

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Gomez, Rapson ^a   Vance, Alasdair ^b   Watson, Shaun D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; ADHD; Bifactor model; Factor structure; WISC IV

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974727291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00737     Document Type: Article

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