Feigned intellectual deficits on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-318

  Johnstone, Lorraine ^a,b   Cooke, David J ^a,b  

^a Douglas Inch Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0142094712     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/01446650360703401     Document Type: Article

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