Scores in Self-Report Questionnaires Assessing Adult ADHD Can Be Influenced by Negative Response Bias but Are Unrelated to Performance on Executive Function and Attention Tests
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Abstract Self-report questionnaires are in widespread use the assessment of adults with suspected attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Notwithstanding high degree validity, these considered to possess, their stand-alone for adult ADHD may result false-positive diagnoses due risk negative response bias. Most self-report typical based on diagnostic systems DSM-5 or ICD-10. From a neuropsychological point view, however, testing various executive function abilities attentional performance is important ADHD. The present study ( N = 211) found no evidence linking (working memory inhibitory processes) (processing speed) results questionnaire, ADHS-LE. number failures three symptom validity tests (SVT/PVT) used provided sole, significant, explanation behavior reported Of SVT/PVTs (the German version Structured Inventory Malingered Symptomatology, SIMS, reliable digit span, standard deviation simple reaction time), only SIMS was be significant predictor variable. In clinical context this study, 32.6% subjects produced at least one invalid SVT/PVT result. more conservative criterion—failure two deemed feigning ADHD—reduced proportion participants generating values 5%.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Injury and Law
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1938-971X', '1938-9728']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-022-09448-y