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Developing New Indices for the Identification of Poor Effort
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Magnuson, Scott A.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1241808636
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2009, Master of Arts in Psychology, Cleveland State University, College of Science.
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to gather data in order to develop new indices to aid clinicians in more accurately distinguishing between patients feigning posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and those with genuine PTSD. Participants were administered a battery of tests that included the Digit Span, Digit Symbol, Trail Making Test (TMT), and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) twice, once while performing genuinely and again while simulating PTSD. The results of this study found that trails 21-25 of part A of the TMT are a good indicator of poor effort. This measurement was found to have high sensitivity (90.7%) and specificity (82.2%). Construct validity was established with correlational analysis. Trails 21-25 of part A of the TMT highly correlated with several well validated measurements of effort such as the Reliable Digit Span (-.492) and the RAVLT Forced Choice Thirty Minute Delay (-.563).
Committee
Amir Poreh, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Connor McLennan, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Boaz Kahana, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
42 p.
Subject Headings
Psychological Tests
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Psychology
Keywords
posttraumatic stress disorder
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neuropsychology
;
simulation
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digit span
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digit symbol
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trail making test
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rey auditory verbal learning test
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poor effort
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malingering
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Magnuson, S. A. (2009).
Developing New Indices for the Identification of Poor Effort
[Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1241808636
APA Style (7th edition)
Magnuson, Scott.
Developing New Indices for the Identification of Poor Effort.
2009. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1241808636.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Magnuson, Scott. "Developing New Indices for the Identification of Poor Effort." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1241808636
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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