title: Neuropsychological assessment of brain damage: discriminative validity of the McCarron-Dial System.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the discriminative validity of the McCarron-Dial System (MDS) in neuropsychological assessment. Multiple discriminant analysis results indicate that 92.6% of the brain-damaged and non-brain-damaged groups, and 69.6% of the right, left and diffused brain-damaged subgroups were correctly classified using the abbreviated version of the MDS. The results tentatively support the discriminative ability of the MDS for neurobehavioural diagnosis. Since the MDS has a long tradition in vocational rehabilitation and established strengths in predicting vocational and community adjustment outcomes, it may be potentially useful for both vocational and clinical neuropsychological assessment.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Dial
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Norton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics