title: Order effects in the administration of a forced-choice procedure for detection of malingering in disability claimants' evaluations.
abstract: 100 disability claimants of the Social Security Administration referred for neuropsychological evaluation and 40 undergraduate college students asked to simulate brain damage were administered a measure for the detection of malingering, an abbreviated version of the Hiscock Forced-choice Procedure, and other neuropsychological tests. Half of each group was administered the Hiscock Procedure at the beginning of the battery; the other half was administered this test last. For both groups, the results indicated poorer performance on the earlier administration of the abbreviated Hiscock Forced-choice Procedure. Formal measures for detection of malingering should be an integral and early part of any neuropsychological evaluation in which the subject has a financial incentive to perform poorly.
authors.affiliation: Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Guilmette
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Whelihan
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Sparadeo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buongiorno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012943:Social Security