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A tale of two constructs: confirmatory factor analysis of performance and symptom validity tests.

BACKGROUND: Performance validity (PV) and symptom validity (SV) tests assess biased responding that impact scores on neuropsychological tests. The extent to which PV and SV represent overlapping or un…

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Basso, M. R., Tierney, S. M., Roper, B. L., Whiteside, D. M., Combs, D. R., & Estevis, E. (2024). A tale of two constructs: confirmatory factor analysis of performance and symptom validity tests.. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 46(9), 840-847. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2024.2425004

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Symptom validity testing in adults with clinically diagnosed ADHD: comparison of the Conner's Adult ADHD Rating Scale (CAARS) and the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI).

OBJECTIVES: Compared to the number of performance validity measures, the range of available symptom validity measures is limited. The Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI) is a recently developed frees…

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Fuermaier, A. B. M., Tucha, L., Merten, T., Fathollah, G. o. l. . M., & Tucha, O. (2024). Symptom validity testing in adults with clinically diagnosed ADHD: comparison of the Conner's Adult ADHD Rating Scale (CAARS) and the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI).. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 46(8), 693-706. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2024.2411365

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Two Cases of Malingered Crime-Related Amnesia.

Amnesia is a frequent claim in major crimes, and it is estimated that the complete or partial absence of memory following a crime ranges from 25% to 50% of total cases. Although some cases may constit…

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Zago, S., Preti, A. N., Difonzo, T., D'Errico, A., Sartori, G., Zangrossi, A., & Bolognini, N. (2024). Two Cases of Malingered Crime-Related Amnesia.. Top Cogn Sci, 16(4), 752-769. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12643

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Psychometric validation of the Italian Self-Report Symptoms inventory (SRSI): Factor structure, construct validity, and diagnostic accuracy.

The Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI) is a novel tool designed to detect symptom overreporting and other forms of noncredible responding. Unlike existing scales, the SRSI includes genuine and pseud…

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Ribatti, R. M., Merten, T., Lanciano, T., & Curci, A. (2024). Psychometric validation of the Italian Self-Report Symptoms inventory (SRSI): Factor structure, construct validity, and diagnostic accuracy.. Appl Neuropsychol Adult, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2024.2400681

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Classification accuracy and resistance to coaching of the Spanish version of the Inventory of Problems-29 and the Inventory of Problems-Memory: A simulation study with mTBI patients.

The present study aims to evaluate the classification accuracy and resistance to coaching of the Inventory of Problems-29 (IOP-29) and the IOP-Memory (IOP-M) with a Spanish sample of patients diagnos…

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Puente-López, E., Pina, D., Rambaud-Quiñones, P., Ruiz-Hernández, J. A., Nieto-Cañaveras, M. D., Shura, R. D., Alcazar-Crevillén, A., & Martinez-Jarreta, B. (2024). Classification accuracy and resistance to coaching of the Spanish version of the Inventory of Problems-29 and the Inventory of Problems-Memory: A simulation study with mTBI patients.. Clin Neuropsychol, 38(3), 738-762. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2023.2249171

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Development and initial validation of the Scale of Scales (SOS) overreporting scores for the MMPI family of instruments.

Overreporting is a common problem that complicates psychological evaluations. A challenge facing the effective detection of overreporting is that many of the identified strategies (e.g., symptom sever…

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Ingram, P. B., Keen, M. A., Greene, T. E., Morris, C., & Armistead-Jehle, P. J. (2024). Development and initial validation of the Scale of Scales (SOS) overreporting scores for the MMPI family of instruments.. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 46(2), 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2024.2320453

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Malingering assessment after severe traumatic brain injury in forensic psychology with a potential embedded symptom validity indicator of Symptom Checklist 90.

OBJECTIVE: Malingering of neuropsychological damage is common among traumatic brain injury patients pursuing disability compensation in forensic contexts. There is an urgent need to explore difference…

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Liu, C., Lu, Q., Rao, G., Chen, X., Liang, M., & Liu, Z. (2024). Malingering assessment after severe traumatic brain injury in forensic psychology with a potential embedded symptom validity indicator of Symptom Checklist 90.. Front Psychol, 15, 1320636. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1320636

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Classification of performance validity and symptom validity using the Trauma Symptom Inventory-2.

The Trauma Symptom Inventory-Second Edition (TSI-2) is garnering research interest as a symptom validity test in the evaluation of trauma-related disorders. However, there has been limited empirical v…

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Pachet, A. K., Malcolm, D. N., Liu, I., Brown, C., Vanderveen, S., & Tan, A. (2024). Classification of performance validity and symptom validity using the Trauma Symptom Inventory-2.. Appl Neuropsychol Adult, 31(6), 1444-1451. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2022.2141632

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The English-language version of the Self-Report Symptom Inventory: a pilot analogue study with feigned head injury sequelae.

Questionnaire-based symptom validity tests (SVTs) are an indispensable diagnostic tool for evaluating the credibility of patients' claimed symptomatology, both in forensic and in clinical assessment c…

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Aryal, K., Merten, T., Akehurst, L., & Boskovic, I. (2024). The English-language version of the Self-Report Symptom Inventory: a pilot analogue study with feigned head injury sequelae.. Appl Neuropsychol Adult, 31(5), 1078-1082. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2022.2109158

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Interpreting symptom validity test fails in forensic disability and related assessments: When the cry for help for one fail makes sense.

Dandachi-FitzGerald et al. (2022), published the article "Cry for help as a root cause of poor symptom validity: A critical note," in [Advance Online], arguing that the cry for help in forensic disab…

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Young, G. (2024). Interpreting symptom validity test fails in forensic disability and related assessments: When the cry for help for one fail makes sense.. Appl Neuropsychol Adult, 31(5), 1053-1060. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2022.2107929

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Cry for help as a root cause of poor symptom validity: A critical note.

When patients fail symptom validity tests (SVTs) and/or performance validity tests (PVTs), their self-reported symptoms and test profiles are unreliable and cannot be taken for granted. There are many…

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Dandachi-FitzGerald, B., Merckelbach, H., & Merten, T. (2024). Cry for help as a root cause of poor symptom validity: A critical note.. Appl Neuropsychol Adult, 31(4), 527-532. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2022.2040025

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Virtuous victims: Disability claimants who over- and under-report.

The present study was the first to investigate the test performance and symptom reports of individuals who engage in both over-reporting (i.e., exaggerating or fabricating symptoms) and under-reporti…

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Whitman, M. R., Gervais, R. O., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2023). Virtuous victims: Disability claimants who over- and under-report.. Clin Neuropsychol, 37(8), 1584-1607. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2023.2185686

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