Resource Material for Ethical Psychological Assessment of Symptom and Performance Validity, Including Malingering

Psychological Injury and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 206-235

  Young, Gerald ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Performance validity; Psychological assessment; Symptom validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027928034     PISSN: 1938971X     EISSN: 19389728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12207-014-9202-2     Document Type: Article

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