Detection of feigned adhd in college students

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-335

  Sollman, Myriam J ^a   Ranseen, John D ^b   Berry, David T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Continuous performance test; Feign; Malinger; Symptom validity test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLEGE STUDENT; EMOTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECEPTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MALINGERING; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953945789     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018857     Document Type: Article

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