The Development and Classification Accuracy of the Life Assessment Questionnaire in the Detection of Pain-Related Malingering

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 516-536

  Tearnan, Blake H ^a,b   Ross, Sylvia An ^c  

^a Renown Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864755917     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2028     Document Type: Article

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