TY - JOUR
T1 - Detecting Symptom Exaggeration in College Students Seeking ADHD Treatment
T2 - Performance Validity Assessment Using the NV-MSVT and IVA-Plus
AU - Leppma, Monica
AU - Long, Daniel
AU - Smith, Megan
AU - Lassiter, Candace
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2018/5/4
Y1 - 2018/5/4
N2 - The symptoms of ADHD are highly subjective, and there is ample empirical evidence that demonstrates the ease with which impairments in attention can be feigned on many commonly used subjective and objective measures of attention. We examined the combination of two assessment measures, NV-MSVT and IVA+, to screen for performance validity and ADHD symptoms in college students. Results indicated that the NV-MSVT was effective in differentiating between students with potential high impairment, such as ADHD, and possible malingerers. In addition, in vivo clinical data (N = 350) resulted in lower validity cut-off scores on the IVA+ than had been previously suggested. Clinical implications and future research are also discussed.
AB - The symptoms of ADHD are highly subjective, and there is ample empirical evidence that demonstrates the ease with which impairments in attention can be feigned on many commonly used subjective and objective measures of attention. We examined the combination of two assessment measures, NV-MSVT and IVA+, to screen for performance validity and ADHD symptoms in college students. Results indicated that the NV-MSVT was effective in differentiating between students with potential high impairment, such as ADHD, and possible malingerers. In addition, in vivo clinical data (N = 350) resulted in lower validity cut-off scores on the IVA+ than had been previously suggested. Clinical implications and future research are also discussed.
KW - ADHD assessment
KW - college counseling
KW - malingering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85010702209&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/23279095.2016.1277723
DO - 10.1080/23279095.2016.1277723
M3 - Article
C2 - 28128974
AN - SCOPUS:85010702209
SN - 2327-9095
VL - 25
SP - 210
EP - 218
JO - Applied Neuropsychology:Adult
JF - Applied Neuropsychology:Adult
IS - 3
ER -