@article{ref1,
title="Effects of distraction on performance validity: a pilot study with veterans",
journal="Archives of clinical neuropsychology",
year="2019",
author="Shura, Robert D. and Taber, Katherine H. and Armistead-Jehle, Patrick and Denning, John H. and Rowland, Jared A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this experimental pilot study was to evaluate whether distraction can affect results of performance validity testing. <br><br>METHOD: Thirty-three veterans who have served in the US military since 09/11/2001 (Mage = 38.60, SD = 10.85 years) completed the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM), Trail Making Test, and Medical Symptom Validity Test (MSVT). Subjects were randomly assigned to complete the MSVT in one of three experimental conditions: standard administration, while performing serial 2 s (Cognitive Distraction), and while submerging a hand in ice water (Physical Distraction). <br><br>RESULTS: All participants included in primary analyses passed the TOMM (n = 30). Physical distraction did not affect performance on the MSVT. Cognitive distraction negatively affected MSVT performance. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Cognitive distraction can substantially affect MSVT performance in a subgroup of individuals. Physical distraction did not significantly affect MSVT performance.<br><br>Published by Oxford University Press 2017. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0887-6177",
doi="10.1093/arclin/acz014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acz014"
}