Use of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Digit Span subtest for malingering detection: A meta-analytic review

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-314

  Jasinski, Lindsey J ^a   Berry, David T R ^a   Shandera, Anni L ^a   Clark, Jessica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digit span; Feigning; Malingering; Meta analysis; Wechsler; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Third Edition; Wechsler Memory Scale Third Edition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MALINGERING; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 79952584561     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2010.516743     Document Type: Article

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