Article archive / August 1, 2011
Originally published: . Volume 2, No. 12. Source pages: 18.
Michael Chafetz, Erica Prentkowski, ad Aparna Rao have authored a study, “To Work or Not To Work: Motivation (Not Low IQ) Determines Symptom Validity Test Findings,” published in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.
The authors looked at Social Security Disability Determinations Service (DDS) claimants and compared them to claimants for the Rehabilitation Service on measures symptom validity. They found that, “… intrinsic motivation explains effort in this particular study of low-functioning claimants: those seeking to work or to look good to reunify with their children pass SVTs [Symptom Validity Tests] at high rates.”
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