DeRight Jonathan, Carone Dominic A
a Syracuse University, Psychology , Syracuse , NY , USA.
Child Neuropsychol. 2015;21(1):1-24. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2013.864383. Epub 2013 Dec 17.
The assessment of response validity is now considered an important and necessary component of neuropsychological evaluations. One way for assessing response validity is with performance validity tests (PVTs), which measure the degree of effort applied to testing to achieve optimal performance. Numerous studies have shown that normal and neurologically impaired children are capable of passing certain free-standing PVTs using adult cutoffs. Despite this, PVT use appears to be more common in adults compared to children. The overall purpose of this systematic review is to provide the reader with a general overview of the existing literature on PVTs in children. As part of this review, goals are to inform the reader why PVT use is not as prevalent in children compared to adults, to discuss why PVTs and related methods are important in pediatric cognitive evaluations, and to discuss practical limitations and future directions.
目前，反应效度评估被视为神经心理学评估的一个重要且必要的组成部分。评估反应效度的一种方法是使用成绩效度测试（PVTs），该测试衡量为达到最佳表现而在测试中付出的努力程度。大量研究表明，正常儿童和有神经功能障碍的儿童能够使用成人的临界值通过某些独立的PVTs。尽管如此，与儿童相比，PVTs在成人中的使用似乎更为普遍。本系统综述的总体目的是向读者提供有关儿童PVTs现有文献的概述。作为本综述的一部分，目标是告知读者为什么与成人相比，PVTs在儿童中的使用不那么普遍，讨论为什么PVTs及相关方法在儿科认知评估中很重要，并讨论实际局限性和未来方向。
