Base rates of failure on various performance validity tests as a function of age in adults referred for neuropsychological assessment.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between age and base rates of failure (BR) on various performance validity tests (PVTs) administered in medical-legal settings. Archival data were analyzed from 3,297 adults (M = 42.3 years; M = 11.

Therapeutic assessment and the art of feedback: A model for integrating evidence-based assessment and therapy techniques in neurological rehabilitation.

Background: Therapeutic assessment involves the integration of evidence-based approaches and humanistic principles, and there is empirical support for the use of this approach in the context of neuropsychological assessment broadly.

Objective: We propose that therapeutic assessment (TA) and collaborative therapeutic neuropsychological assessment (CTNA) principles are appropriate and effective for application within a neurological rehabilitation population specifically.

Methods: We review TA and CTNA principles and propose a model for their application to a neurological rehabilitation population, with an emphasis on describing the strengths of the collaborative approach, guidelines and principles for maximizing the efficacy of feedback, and transitioning the patient into psychotherapy services to further address their personal goals.

A comparison of the MMPI-2-RF and PAI overreporting indicators in a civil forensic sample with emphasis on the Response Bias Scale (RBS) and the Cognitive Bias Scale (CBS).

The Cognitive Bias Scale (CBS; Gaasedelen, Whiteside, Altmaier, Welch, & Basso, 2019) was developed as a Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) indicator of poor performance on Performance Validity Tests (PVTs) in a neuropsychological context. The current study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the CBS in a forensic disability sample through a series of analyses by comparing it to other PAI validity scales and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)-2-RF overreporting scales with an emphasis on the Response Bias Scale (RBS), which guided the development of the CBS. The participants in this study were drawn from an archival dataset containing 588 consecutive civil disability claimants.

Impact of criterion measures on the classification accuracy of TOMM-1.

This study was designed to examine the effect of various criterion measures on the classification accuracy of Trial 1 of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM-1), a free-standing performance validity test (PVT). Archival data were collected from a case sequence of 91 (  = 42.2 years;  = 12.

A single error is one too many: Examining alternative cutoffs on Trial 2 of the TOMM.

Objective: This study investigated the potential of alternative, more liberal cutoffs on Trial 2 of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) to improve classification accuracy relative to the standard cutoffs (≤44).

Method: The sample consisted of 152 patients (49.3% male) with psychiatric conditions (PSY) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) referred for neuropsychological assessment in a medico-legal setting (M = 44.

Utility of critical items within the Recognition Memory Test and Word Choice Test.

This study was designed to examine the clinical utility of critical items within the Recognition Memory Test (RMT) and the Word Choice Test (WCT). Archival data were collected from a mixed clinical sample of 202 patients clinically referred for neuropsychological testing (54.5% male; mean age = 45.

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test embedded validity indicators developed for adults can be extended to children.

Past studies have examined the ability of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) to discriminate valid from invalid performance in adults using both individual embedded validity indicators (EVIs) and multivariate approaches. This study is designed to investigate whether the two most stable of these indicators-failures to maintain set (FMS) and the logistical regression equation S-B-can be extended to pediatric populations. The classification accuracy for FMS and S-B was examined in a mixed clinical sample of 226 children aged 7 to 17 years (64.

Embedded validity indicators in Conners' CPT-II: Do adult cutoffs work the same way in children?

In previous research, several subscales of Conners' CPT-II were found to be useful as performance validity tests (PVTs) when administered to adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Furthermore, invalid response sets were associated with inflated scores on several CPT-II scales. The present study proposed to investigate whether these findings would replicate in a pediatric sample.

[Formula: see text]Parent rating of executive function in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A review of the literature and new data on Aboriginal Canadian children.

Aboriginal children in Canada are at high risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) but there is little research on the cognitive impact of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in this population. This paper reviews the literature on parent report of executive functioning in children with FASD that used the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). New data on the BRIEF is then reported in a sample of 52 Aboriginal Canadian children with FASD for whom a primary caregiver completed the BRIEF.