Derivation and clinical validation of consistency indices on the test of memory malingering

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 706-715

  Davis, Jeremy J ^a   Wall, Jacqueline R ^b   Whitney, Kriscinda A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Performance validity; Symptom validity; Test of memory malingering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872906777     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acs078     Document Type: Article

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