Wechsler adult intelligence scale-fourth edition (WAIS-IV) processing speed scores as measures of noncredible responding: The third generation of embedded performance validity indicators

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 148-157

  Erdodi, Laszlo A ^a,b   Abeare, Christopher A ^a   Lichtenstein, Jonathan D ^b   Tyson, Bradley T ^b,c   Kucharski, Brittany ^a   Zuccato, Brandon G ^a   Roth, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Western Washington Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Coding; Embedded validity indicators; Performance validity testing; Processing speed; WAIS IV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CODING SCALED SCORE; CODING SYMBOL SEARCH RAW SCORE RATIO; COGNITION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE VALIDITY TESTING; PROCESSING SPEED; PROCESSING SPEED INDEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMBOL SEARCH SCALED SCORE; VALIDITY; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPILEPSY; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84964412453     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000319     Document Type: Article

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