Psychological Science Faculty Publications
Specificity rates for non-clinical, bilingual, Mexican Americans with California Verbal Learning Test3, verbal fluency, and Rey 15-IR performance validity measures
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-26-2018
Abstract
Objective: To measure failure rates among non-clinical, Mexican American, bilinguals on embedded performance validity measures from the California Verbal Learning Test3 and verbal fluency and the stand-alone Rey 15-item test plus recognition (Rey 15-IR) using valid/invalid performance cut scores developed for monolingual, English-speakers.
Method: Participants were 60 consecutive recruits, aged between 18 and 75 years, with ≤16 years of education who self-identified as bilingual (confirmed via formal assessment) and chose the language of assessment, Spanish or English, for the performance validity tests.
Results: The only performance validity measure studied with a higher failure rate (19%) than that for monolingual, English-speakers (9%) was semantic fluency administered in Spanish.
Conclusions: Valid/invalid performance cut scores derived for monolingual English-speakers generated comparable or lower failure rates among Mexican American bilinguals on CVLT3 forced-choice recognition, CVLT3 yes–no recognition hits, letter fluency, semantic fluency in English, and the Rey 15-IR.
Recommended Citation
Gasquoine, P. G., Weimer, A. A., & Orta, M. (2019). Specificity rates for non-clinical, bilingual, Mexican Americans with California Verbal Learning Test3, verbal fluency, and Rey 15-IR performance validity measures. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 33(8), 1445–1454. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2018.1530374
First Page
1445
Last Page
1454
Publication Title
The Clinical Neuropsychologist
DOI
10.1080/13854046.2018.1530374
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