Performance on the Test of Memory Malingering in children with neurological conditions

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 133-142

  Ploetz, Danielle M ^a   Mazur Mosiewicz, Anya ^a,b   Kirkwood, Michael W ^c   Sherman, Elisabeth M S ^a,d,e   Brooks, Brian L ^a,e  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Department of Brain Health Program   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Effort Testing; Malingering; Performance validity; Symptom Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTELLECT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TEST OF MEMORY MALINGERING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE;

EID: 84948379845     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2014.986446     Document Type: Article

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