Are we honestly studying malingering? A profile and comparison of simulated and suspected malingerers

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Brennan, Adrianne M ^a   Gouvier, Wm Drew ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic matching; Malingering; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MALE; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; POWER ANALYSIS; RACE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645927015     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1301_1     Document Type: Article

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