Screening for feigning in a civil forensic setting

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-140

  Alwes, Yvonne R ^a   Clark, Jessica A ^a   Berry, David T R ^a   Granacher, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Lexington Forensic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILLER FORENSIC ASSESSMENT OF SYMPTOMS TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STRUCTURED INVENTORY OF MALINGERED SYMPTOMS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; DECEPTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38349116553     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701260363     Document Type: Article

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