Clinical utility of the conners' continuous performance test-II to detect poor effort in U.S. military personnel following traumatic brain injury

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-352

  Lange, Rael T ^a,b,c   Iverson, Grant L ^a,c   Brickell, Tracey A ^a,b,d   Staver, Tara ^e   Pancholi, Sonal ^a,f   Bhagwat, Aditya ^a,b,g   French, Louis M ^a,b,d  

^a Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e National Intrepid Center of Excellence   (United States)

^f FORT BELVOIR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Public Health Service   (United States)

Author keywords

CPT II; Mild traumatic brain injury; Military service members; Poor effort; Symptom validity testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMISSION T SCORE; CONNERS CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST II; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OMISSION AND COMMISSIONS T SCORE; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM VALIDITY TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882566571     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030915     Document Type: Article

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