Patterns of Cognitive Test Scores and Symptom Complaints in Persons with TBI Who Failed Performance Validity Testing
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DOI: 10.1017/s1355617720000351
Abstract: Abstract Objective: To determine clinically meaningful subgroups of persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who have failed performance validity testing. Method: Study participants were selected from a cohort of 674 participants with definitive medical evidence… read more here.
Keywords: failed performance; performance validity; performance; tbi failed ... See more keywords
Low rate of performance validity failures among individuals with bipolar disorder
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DOI: 10.1017/s1355617722000145
Abstract: Abstract Objective: Assessing performance validity is imperative in both clinical and research contexts as data interpretation presupposes adequate participation from examinees. Performance validity tests (PVTs) are utilized to identify instances in which results cannot be… read more here.
Keywords: performance validity; rate; bipolar disorder; performance ... See more keywords
Varying failure criteria on performance validity tests influences interpretation of cognitive outcomes.
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DOI: 10.1037/neu0000857
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The present study examined the effects of applying various performance validity tests (PVT) failure criteria on the relationship between cognitive outcomes and posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptomology. METHOD One hundred and ninety-nine veterans with a… read more here.
Keywords: validity tests; failure; performance validity; failure criteria ... See more keywords
Do demographic factors influence detection of invalid neuropsychological test performance using common performance validity tests? A multisite investigation.
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DOI: 10.1037/neu0000880.supp
Abstract: OBJECTIVE This study examined the extent to which demographic variables (i.e., age, education, premorbid IQ, sex, ethnoracial identity, and presence/absence of external incentive) affect performance validity test (PVT) performance. METHOD This cross-sectional study examined two… read more here.
Keywords: test; demographic variables; premorbid; performance validity ... See more keywords
Symptom and performance validity in neuropsychological assessments of outpatients 15-30 years of age
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DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2022.2158222
Abstract: ABSTRACT Objective It has been suggested that performance validity tests (PVTs) assess the credibility of a patient’s objective test performance, symptom validity tests (SVTs) assess the credibility of a patient’s subjective complaints, and that PVTs… read more here.
Keywords: years age; neuropsychological assessments; performance validity; validity ... See more keywords
Embedded performance validity indicator for children: California Verbal Learning Test – Children’s Edition, forced choice
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DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2018.1426463
Abstract: ABSTRACT Performance validity testing in children undergoing neuropsychological testing is a growing research area. Accurate identification of performance validity is necessary to avoid invalid assessment conclusions. In the present research, a forced choice (FC) trial… read more here.
Keywords: california verbal; learning test; verbal learning; performance validity ... See more keywords
Performance validity test failure predicts suppression of neuropsychological test results in developmentally disabled children
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DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2019.1604342
Abstract: Abstract There is increasing awareness of the need to use Performance Validity Tests (PVTs) when assessing cognitive abilities in children. Since 1996, there has been an ongoing clinical study of the use of three PVTs… read more here.
Keywords: performance validity; disabled children; developmentally disabled; test ... See more keywords
They’re not just little adults: The utility of adult performance validity measures in a mixed clinical pediatric sample
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DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2019.1685522
Abstract: Abstract Performance validity tests (PVTs) have become a standard part of adult neuropsychological practice; however, they are less widely used in pediatric testing. The current study aimed to obtain a better understanding of the application… read more here.
Keywords: sample; cut score; adult; performance validity ... See more keywords
Optimal per test cutoff scores and combinations of failure on multiple embedded performance validity tests in detecting performance invalidity in a mixed clinical sample.
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DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2021.1973005
Abstract: We tested the usefulness of six embedded performance validity tests (EPVTs) in identifying performance invalidity in a mixed clinical sample. Using a retrospective design, 181 adults were classified as valid (n = 146) or invalid (n = 35) performance… read more here.
Keywords: performance validity; validity tests; performance; test ... See more keywords
CVLT-II short form forced choice recognition in a clinical dementia sample: Cautions for performance validity assessment.
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DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2022.2079088
Abstract: Performance validity tests are susceptible to false positives from genuine cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia); this has not been explored with the short form of the California Verbal Learning Test II (CVLT-II-SF). In a memory clinic… read more here.
Keywords: cvlt; dementia; short form; performance validity ... See more keywords
Performance validity of the Dot Counting Test in a dementia clinic setting.
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DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2023.2207125
Abstract: OBJECTIVE This study examined the utility of a performance validity test (PVT), the Dot Counting Test (DCT), in individuals undergoing neuropsychological evaluations for dementia. We investigated specificity rates of the DCT Effort Index score (E-Score)… read more here.
Keywords: dot counting; test; specificity; performance validity ... See more keywords