Depressive symptoms as a factor in neuropsychological test performance: MMPI-2 and selected tests of the Halstead-Reitan/Halstead-Russell Battery
| Autor: | Brooke Patten, Carlton S. Gass |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Trail Making Test
medicine.diagnostic_test Depression Intelligence Tactual Performance Test Neuropsychology Neuropsychological test Neuropsychological Tests Response bias Test (assessment) Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Psychology Clinical psychology Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. 29:133-138 |
| ISSN: | 2327-9109 2327-9095 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23279095.2020.1720687 |
| Popis: | The potential impact of depressive symptoms on neuropsychological test performance has been studied extensively yielding mixed results. Self-report depression inventories have been most often used, without a means to screen participants for response bias. Studies have also neglected to screen participants for incomplete effort in testing. In the present study, 48% of an initial sample of outpatient referrals (N = 247) failed to meet traditional validity criteria. The remaining participants were screened for cerebral pathology and then classified into high and low depressive symptom groups (ns = 46) using the median score on Scale D (Depression) of the MMPI-2. The "high depression" subjects scored over 70 T on the D scale (MN = 80 T). The "low depression" subjects scored below 65 T (MN = 58 T). Age, education, and estimated intelligence were equivalent across groups. Neuropsychological test performances were compared across eight tests: Revised Category Test, Trail Making Test, Part B, Tactual Performance Test (TPT), TPT Memory and Location, Reitan-Indiana Aphasia Screening Test, Seashore Rhythm Test, and the Speech Perception Test. A MANOVA revealed no main effect for group., F(8,69) = 1.05, n.s., and univariate analyses for each test also showed no intergroup differences. The results provide evidence that these neuropsychological tests are appropriately interpreted within a framework of brain-behavior relationships irrespective of an examinee's emotional status. |
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