To Work or Not To Work: Motivation (Not Low IQ) Determines Symptom Validity Test Findings | Zendy

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To Work or Not To Work: Motivation (Not Low IQ) Determines Symptom Validity Test Findings

Author(s) -

Michael D. Chafetz,

Erica Prentkowski,

Ashwin Rao

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

archives of clinical neuropsychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909

H-Index - 98

eISSN - 1873-5843

pISSN - 0887-6177

DOI - 10.1093/arclin/acr030

Subject(s) - psychology , compensation (psychology) , test (biology) , work (physics) , rehabilitation , social security , developmental psychology , social psychology , political science , law , mechanical engineering , paleontology , neuroscience , engineering , biology

Social Security Disability Determinations Service (DDS) claimants are seeking compensation for an inability to work (Chafetz, 2010). These usually low-functioning claimants fail Symptom Validity Tests (SVTs) at high rates (Chafetz, 2008), typically over 40%. In contrast, claimants for the Rehabilitation Service in Louisiana (LRS) are seeking to work. Individuals referred by the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) are seeking reunification with their children. All three groups consisted of equivalently low-IQ claimants when considering only those who passed SVTs. Only the DDS group failed SVTs at high rates, whereas LRS claimants failed at minimal rates and DCFS claimants did not fail. Thus, 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 at high rates.

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