Title
The Performance of Juvenile Offenders on the Test of Memory Malingering
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice
ISSN
1522-8932
Volume
10
Issue
1
First Page
53
68
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
The Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM; Tombaugh, 1996) is a widely used measure of response style and effort. Although it has been shown to be a helpful measure in a variety of adult samples, there are no norms based on the performance of children and adolescents. The present study investigated the TOMM performance of adolescents who are involved in the juvenile court system. Their performance was compared against adult normative data and analyzed by levels of intellectual functioning. Overall, the adolescents performed at levels that have been found in adult community samples, thus indicating that adult norms for the TOMM can be used with adolescents of a wide range of intellectual functioning.
Publication Information
Gast, J. O., & Hart, K. J. (2010). The performance of juvenile offenders on the test of memory malingering. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 10(1), 53-68.
Recommended Citation
Hart, K. J. and Gast, K. O., "The Performance of Juvenile Offenders on the Test of Memory Malingering" (2010). Faculty Scholarship. 157.
https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/psychology_faculty/157