Evaluation of a WMS-R malingering index in a non-litigating clinical sample.
The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of a Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised "malingering index" in a large sample of non-litigating individuals from an inpatient substance abuse program. Past research has demonstrated that experimental-malingerers often obtain substantially lower scores on the Attention/Concentration Index than on the General Memory Index. In the present study, only a small percentage of patients showed large General Memory - Attention/Concentration difference scores. These results provide further support for the validity of this difference score as a marker for non-optimal effort.
Iverson
G L
GL
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. giverson@interchange.ubc.ca
Slick
D J
DJ
Franzen
M D
MD
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D014888:Wechsler Scales