A PARTIAL CROSS-VALIDATION OF A HALSTEAD-REITAN BATTERY MALINGERING FORMULA

Authors
MCKINZEY RK RUSSELL EW
Citation
Rk. Mckinzey et Ew. Russell, A PARTIAL CROSS-VALIDATION OF A HALSTEAD-REITAN BATTERY MALINGERING FORMULA, Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section A, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, 19(4), 1997, pp. 484-488
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical",Psychology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section A, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
13803395
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
484 - 488
Database
ISI
SICI code
1380-3395(1997)19:4<484:APCOAH>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Using the Halstead-Reitan Battery profiles of 796 people, a formula fo r the detection of malingering was partially cross-validated to assess the false positive rate. Subjects included normals, psychiatric cases , and persons with all major types of brain disorder. The formula inco rrectly designated 32% of the sample as fakers (i.e., as false positiv es). Of the 120 head-trauma cases, 39 (32%) obtained Fake scores, wher eas 81 (67%) were correctly assessed as not malingering. The correlati on of the results of the formula and the severity of the profile (as m easured by the Average Impairment Rating) was.67, p <.0001.