The implications of symptom validity test failure for ability-based test performance in a pediatric sample

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-45

  Kirkwood, Michael W ^a   Yeates, Keith Owen ^b   Randolph, Christopher ^c   Kirk, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Mild traumatic brain injury; Postconcussion syndrome; Response bias; Symptom validity testing

Indexed keywords

ABILITY-BASED TEST; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST-CHILDRENS VERSION; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SYMPTOM VALIDITY TEST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WECHSLER ABBREVIATED SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; DISABILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALINGERING; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863113094     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024628     Document Type: Article

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