Detecting malingered performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale: Validation of Mittenberg's approach in traumatic brain injury

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-260

  Greve, Kevin W ^a,b   Bianchini, Kevin J ^a,b   Mathias, Charles W ^a   Houston, Rebecca J ^a   Crouch, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

Author keywords

Malingering; Response bias; TBI; WAIS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037379980     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(02)00137-3     Document Type: Article

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