Malingering in toxic exposure: Classification accuracy of reliable digit span and WAIS-III digit span scaled scores

Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-21

  Greve, Kevin W ^a   Springer, Steven ^a,d   Bianchini, Kevin J ^a   Black, F William ^a   Heinly, Matthew T ^a   Love, Jeffrey M ^a,e   Swift, Douglas A ^b   Ciota, Megan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Occupational Medicine Clinic

^c Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Digit span; Malingering; Neuropsychological assessment; Reliable digit span; Response bias; Toxic exposure; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEARNING; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STATISTICS; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVERSAL LEARNING; SERIAL LEARNING; WECHSLER SCALES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33846875863     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191106295095     Document Type: Article

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