Detecting Incomplete Effort with Digit Span from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Third Edition
- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The Clinical Neuropsychologist
- Vol. 20 (3), 513-523
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13854040590967117
Abstract
The current study evaluated the utility of the Digit Span subtest in discriminating patients with mild head trauma from individuals referred for independent neuropsychological evaluation with objective evidence of poor effort. Various indices from the Digit Span subtest were evaluated to determine the best discriminator of brain injury from poor motivation patient groups: Digit Span Forward, Digit Span Backwards, Reliable Digit Span, Digit Span Age-Corrected Scaled Score, and the difference score between the Vocabulary and Digit Span scaled scores. The Digit Span scaled score was found to be the best discriminating index. A cutoff score of less than or equal to 7 accurately classified 75% of persons in the incomplete effort group and 69% of persons in the TBI group. Application of this cutoff score to a non-litigating mild brain injury group yielded a 77% correct classification rate. However, Digit Span scaled score accounted for a modest amount of variation and it is not recommended as a stand-alone validity measure.Keywords
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