title: Sensitivity of the test of memory malingering and the Nonverbal Medical Symptom Validity Test: a replication study.
abstract: The current investigation sought to replicate and extend the findings of Green ( in press ), which demonstrated superior sensitivity of the Nonverbal Medical Symptom Validity Test (NV-MSVT) relative to the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in the detection of suboptimal effort during neuropsychological assessment. Nearly twice as many examinees failed the NV-MSVT than the TOMM. Profile analyses of the NV-MSVT demonstrated patterns suggestive of inconsistent effort in those who failed the NV-MSVT but passed the TOMM. A classification analysis employing the Word Memory Test and Medical Symptom Validity Test as external criteria for poor effort showed that the NV-MSVT is substantially more sensitive to poor effort than the TOMM and maintains an acceptable false-positive rate. Overall, results closely matched those of the Green ( in press ) study and extend the evidence that the NV-MSVT possesses better sensitivity to poor effort than the TOMM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Health, Munson Army Health Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. patrick.jehle@amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Armistead-Jehle
authors.forename: Roger O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Gervais
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity