Replication of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in a Traumatic Brain Injury and Head Trauma Sample

The purpose of the current study was to replicate the clinical validation study of the Test of Memory Malingering (Tombaugh, 1996 1997). 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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