Validity of Neuropsychological Test Results in Disability Evaluations
| Autor: | Thomas J. Guilmette, Frank R. Sparadeo, Gregg Buongiorno, William Whelihan |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Malingering medicine.medical_specialty Psychometrics Validation test Eligibility Determination Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Test validity Neuropsychological Tests Rehabilitation Centers 050105 experimental psychology Disability Evaluation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry medicine.diagnostic_test 05 social sciences Cognitive disorder Neuropsychology Reproducibility of Results 030229 sport sciences Neuropsychological test Middle Aged medicine.disease Sensory Systems Disability evaluations Brain Damage Chronic Female Cognition Disorders Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Perceptual and Motor Skills. 78:1179-1186 |
| ISSN: | 1558-688X 0031-5125 |
| Popis: | A group of 50 disability claimants referred by the Social Security Administration for neuropsychological screening were administered a 36-item, forced-choice, digit-recognition method of detecting malingering to assess effort and motivation to perform well. This abbreviated form of the 1989 Hiscock and Hiscock Forced-choice Procedure has been shown to be quite easy even for individuals with severe organic brain dysfunction. A perfect performance of 36 correct on this digit-recognition task is obtained by most individuals with moderate to severe brain damage. A performance of less than 90% correct is due more likely to poor effort or even malingering rather than brain damage. In this sample, 18% ( n = 9) obtained scores of less than 90% correct, i.e. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|