@article{ref1,
title="Ecological validity of performance validity testing",
journal="Archives of clinical neuropsychology",
year="2014",
author="Lippa, Sara M. and Pastorek, Nicholas J. and Romesser, Jennifer M. and Linck, John and Sim, Anita H. and Wisdom, Nick M. and Miller, Brian I.",
volume="29",
number="3",
pages="236-244",
abstract="Performance validity tests (PVTs) have been shown to relate to neuropsychological performance, but no studies have looked at the ecological validity of these measures. Data from 131 veterans with a history of mild traumatic brain injury from a multicenter Veterans Administration consortium were examined to determine the relation between scores on a self-report version of the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory Participation Index, a measure of community participation, and the Word Memory Test, a PVT. A restricted regression model, including education, age, history of loss of consciousness, cognitive measures, and a measure of symptom validity test performance, was not significantly associated with self-reported community reintegration. Adding PVT results to the restricted model, however, did significantly improve the prediction of community reintegration as PVT failure was associated with lower self-reported community participation. The results of this study indicate that PVTs may also serve as an indicator of patients' functioning in the community.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0887-6177",
doi="10.1093/arclin/acu002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acu002"
}