Test psychométrisque et malingering

Validation of Victoria Symptom Validity Test Cutoff Scores among Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Litigants Using a Known-Groups Design.

Silk-Eglit GM, Lynch JK, McCaffrey RJ

Arch Clin Neuropsychol . 2016;31 (3) :231-45

📅 01/05/2016 PMID : 26795609 DOI : 10.1093/arclin/acv108

Résumé

The Victoria Symptom Validity Test (VSVT) is one of the most accurate performance validity tests. Previous research has recommended several cutoffs for performance invalidity classification on the VSVT. However, only one of these studies used a known groups design and no study has investigated these cutoffs in an exclusively mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) medico-legal sample. The current study used a known groups design to validate VSVT cutoffs among mild traumatic brain injury litigants and explored the best approach for using the multiple recommended cutoffs for this test. Cutoffs of