WAIS digit span-based indicators of malingered neurocognitive dysfunction: classification accuracy in traumatic brain injury
| Autor: | Jeffrey M. Love, Matthew T. Heinly, Kevin W. Greve, Kevin J. Bianchini, Adrianne Brennan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male 050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Malingering Adolescent Traumatic brain injury Poison control 050109 social psychology Audiology Neuropsychological Tests Sensitivity and Specificity Predictive Value of Tests Memory span medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Memory disorder Neuropsychological assessment Psychiatry Applied Psychology Aged Analysis of Variance medicine.diagnostic_test 05 social sciences Neuropsychology Wechsler Scales Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Middle Aged medicine.disease Clinical Psychology Brain Injuries Female Psychology Cognition Disorders |
| Zdroj: | Assessment. 12(4) |
| ISSN: | 1073-1911 |
| Popis: | The present study determined specificity and sensitivity to malingered neurocognitive dysfunction (MND) in traumatic brain injury (TBI) for several Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Digit Span scores. TBI patients (n = 344) were categorized into one of five groups: no incentive, incentive only, suspect, probable MND, and definite MND. Performance of 1,063 nonincentive patients (e.g., cerebrovascular accident, memory disorder) was also examined. Digit Span scores included reliable digit span, maximum span forward both trials correct, maximum span forward, combined maximum forward and backward span, Digit Span scaled score, maximum span backward both trials correct, and maximum span backward. In TBI, sensitivity to MND ranged from 15% to greater than 30% at specificities of 92% to 98%. Patient groups with documented brain pathology had higher false-positive error rates. These results replicate previous known-groups malingering studies and provide valuable data supporting the WAIS Digit Span scores in detection and diagnosis of malingering. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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