Embedded Performance Validity Tests in the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised and the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised : A Replication Study

OBJECTIVE: Embedded performance validity tests (PVTs) within the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised (HVLT-R) and Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R) were recently identified. This study aimed to further validate/replicate these embedded PVTs.

METHOD: Eighty clinically referred veterans who underwent neuropsychological evaluation were included. Validity groups were established by passing/failing 2-3 well-validated PVTs, with 75% (n = 60) classified as valid and 25% (n = 20) noncredible. Fifty-two percent of valid participants were cognitively impaired.

RESULTS: HVLT-R Recognition Discrimination (RD) of ≤5 yielded 67% sensitivity/80% specificity for identifying noncredible performance. Removal of seven valid participants with an amnestic profile who produced a false positive, improved specificity to 92%, which replicated the original findings. Replication efforts failed for BVMT-R Percent Retained; however, significant findings for RD were elucidated.

CONCLUSION: Replication efforts were positive for the HVLT-R embedded PVT, corroborating its ability to identify invalid performance in this heterogeneous clinical veteran sample with and without cognitive impairment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

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2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

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Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists - 33(2018), 7 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 895-900

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bailey, K Chase [VerfasserIn]
Soble, Jason R [VerfasserIn]
Bain, Kathleen M [VerfasserIn]
Fullen, Chrystal [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 05.06.2019

Date Revised 21.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/arclin/acx111

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM278274668