Base rate of performance invalidity among non-clinical undergraduate research participants

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 415-421

  Silk Eglit, Graham M ^a   Stenclik, Jessica H ^a   Gavett, Brandon E ^b   Adams, Jason W ^b   Lynch, Julie K ^c   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ALBANY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Malingering; Symptom validity testing

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84904975757     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acu028     Document Type: Article

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