Detecting response bias with performance patterns on an expanded version of the controlled oral word association test

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-157

  Silverberg, Noah D ^a   Hanks, Robin A ^b,c   Buchanan, Lori ^a   Fichtenberg, Norm ^b,c   Millis, Scott R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Malingering; Phonemic fluency; Response bias; Traumatic brain injury; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALINGERING; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY TEST; SIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 38849186090     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040601160597     Document Type: Article

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