Detecting coached feigning using the test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and the structured inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS)

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 850-855

  Jelicic, Marko ^a   Ceunen, Erik ^b   Peters, Maarten J V ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Coaching; Feigning; SIMS; TOMM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPENSATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961125382     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20805     Document Type: Article

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