Detecting malingered pain-related disability: Classification accuracy of the test of memory malingering

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1250-1271

  Greve, Kevin W ^a,b   Etherton, Joseph L ^b,c   Ord, Jonathan ^a   Bianchini, Kevin J ^a,b   Curtis, Kelly L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cognition; Criterion groups validation; Malingering; Response bias; Symptom validity test; Test of Memory Malingering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70349451623     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040902828272     Document Type: Article

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