Identification of Malingered Head Injury on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised.

Author(s)

Wiley Mittenberg, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Sharon Theroux-Fichera
Renee E. Zielinski, Nova Southeastern University
Robert L. Heilbronner, Nova Southeastern University

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

ISSN

0735-7028

Publication Date

9-1995

Abstract

Nonlitigating head injured patients (N = 67) were compared with 67 age-, IQ-, and occupation-matched participants who were instructed to malinger head trauma symptoms on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised (WAIS—R). Discriminant function analysis based on the WAIS—R subtests and a Vocabulary-Digit Span difference score were able to accurately classify 79% and 71% of the cases, respectively. Decision rules cross-validated successfully in several independent groups of clinical malingerers. Head injured patients seem to show a pattern of WAIS—R subtest scores that can be discriminated from the profile produced by individuals who attempt to malinger head trauma symptoms.

DOI

10.1037/0735-7028.26.5.491

Volume

26

Issue

5

First Page

491

Last Page

498

NSUWorks Citation

Mittenberg, W., Theroux-Fichera, S., Zielinski, R. E., Heilbronner, R. L. (1995). Identification of Malingered Head Injury on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised.. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 26(5), 491-498.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/509