Rivera D, Perrin P B, Weiler G, Ocampo-Barba N, Aliaga A, Rodríguez W, Rodríguez-Agudelo Y, Aguayo A, Longoni M, Trapp S, Esenarro L, Arango-Lasprilla J C
Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
NeuroRehabilitation. 2015;37(4):719-35. doi: 10.3233/NRE-151287.
The Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) is an instrument used to assess purposeful embellishment or fabrication of memory difficulties for personal gain. Although the TOMM can be use in non-English speaking cultures, it has not been validated in Spanish-speaking Central and South American contexts.
To generate normative data on TOMM across 7 countries in Latin America, with country-specific adjustments for gender, age, and education, where appropriate.
The sample consisted of 2,266 healthy adults who were recruited from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Puerto Rico. Each subject was administered the TOMM as part of a larger neuropsychological battery. A standardized five-step statistical procedure was used to generate the norms.
t-tests did not show significant differences in TOMM performance between men and women in any countries of the TOMM Trial 1 or 2. As a result, gender-adjusted norms were not generated.
The results from this study will have a large impact on the practice of neuropsychology in Latin America, as this is the first normative multicenter study to create norms for the TOMM in this global region.
记忆伪装测验（TOMM）是一种用于评估为个人利益而故意夸大或编造记忆困难的工具。尽管TOMM可用于非英语文化背景，但尚未在讲西班牙语的中美洲和南美洲背景下进行验证。
在拉丁美洲的7个国家生成TOMM的常模数据，并在适当情况下针对性别、年龄和教育程度进行特定国家的调整。
样本包括从阿根廷、玻利维亚、智利、墨西哥、巴拉圭、秘鲁和波多黎各招募的2266名健康成年人。每位受试者都接受了TOMM测试，作为更大规模神经心理测验组合的一部分。使用标准化的五步统计程序生成常模。
t检验未显示TOMM试验1或2的任何国家中男性和女性在TOMM表现上存在显著差异。因此，未生成性别调整后的常模。
这项研究的结果将对拉丁美洲的神经心理学实践产生重大影响，因为这是第一项在全球该地区为TOMM创建常模的多中心规范性研究。
