Performance validity and symptom validity tests: Are they measuring different constructs?

Objective: To evaluate the relationships among performance validity, symptom validity, symptom self-report, and objective cognitive testing.

Method: Combat Veterans ( = 338) completed a neurocognitive assessment battery and several self-report symptom measures assessing depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, sleep quality, pain interference, and neurobehavioral complaints. All participants also completed two performance validity tests (PVTs) and one stand-alone symptom validity test (SVT) along with two embedded SVTs.