Symptom validity indicators embedded in the controlled oral word association test

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1230-1241

  Johnson, Season C ^a   Silverberg, Noah D ^a,b   Millis, Scott R ^c   Hanks, Robin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled Oral Word Association Test; COWAT; Symptom validity; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 84868242486     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2012.709886     Document Type: Article

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