The performance of juvenile offenders on the test of memory malingering

Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-68

  Gast, Julianne ^a   Hart, Kathleen J ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Juvenile offenders; Malingering; Test performance; Tomm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEARNING DISORDER; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST OF MEMORY MALINGERING;

EID: 74549157170     PISSN: 15228932     EISSN: 15229092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228930903173062     Document Type: Article

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