Replication of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in a traumatic brain injury and head trauma sample
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Adele H Haber1, Norman L Fichtenberg
1Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL 33601, USA. ahaber@tgh.org
Abstract:
The purpose of the current study was to replicate the clinical validation study of the Test of Memory Malingering (Tombaugh, 19961997). Fifty cases were selected from two different participant pools: medically documented traumatic brain-injury patients and compensation-seeking, mild head trauma cases. Results replicated and expanded those found by Tombaugh and indicated that employing a Trial 2 cutting score of greater than 5 errors provided adequate sensitivity to suboptimal effort while demonstrating remarkable insensitivity to cognitively impaired traumatic brain-injury cases. Use of a lower cutting score (e.g., 2 to 5 errors) is also discussed.
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