Differential sensitivity of the Response Bias Scale (RBS) and MMPI-2 validity scales to memory complaints

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1061-1079

  Gervais, Roger O ^a,d   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^b   Wygant, Dustin B ^c   Green, Paul ^a  

^a Neurobehavioural Associates   (Canada)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Summit Psychological Associates Inc   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faking; Forensic evaluation; Malingering; Memory complaints; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2; Response bias, Symptom validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY COMPLAINT INVENTORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2 QUESTIONNAIRE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSE BIAS SCALE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD MEMORY TEST;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PAIN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57349094828     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040701756930     Document Type: Article

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