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Purpose
Assesses validity of respondent's symptoms
Authors
Daniel Slick, PhD, Grace Hopp, MA, Esther Strauss, PhD, and Garrie B. Thompson, PhD
Administration Formats
Additional Details
Assess for Poor Effort, Deliberate Feigning, or Exaggeration of Cognitive Deficits
The VSVT is a performance validity test that uses a forced-choice, two-alternative model to assess possible exaggeration or feigning of cognitive impairments.
Features and benefits
- VSVT scores help to indicate that factors other than cognitive impairment may be influencing a client’s performance.
- The 48 VSVT items are presented in three blocks of 16 items each, and items are classified as either easy or difficult.
- The Total Items Correct score is used to classify a respondent’s performance; the type and number of items answered correctly, the response latency, and the right-left preference scores provide information that can be used to help interpret VSVT performance.
- Test interpretation compares the respondent’s performance to what is expected to occur on the basis of chance alone; this binomial-based approach to respondent classification minimizes the risk of false positives.
- Research results confirm the clinical and forensic utility of the VSVT for identifying respondents who are attempting to exaggerate or feign cognitive impairments.
- Convenient administration and scoring on PARiConnect.
- Login to PAR Training to view the free Digital Administration and Scoring Technical Paper if you have a Qualification Level of C.
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