Validity Indicator Profile
VIP- A tool to help support forensic or neuropsychological evaluations
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VIP Manual (Print)
51767 Qualification Level CRequired
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
Q-global VIP Profile Report
63771 Qualification Level CA usage includes scoring and reporting
Administration Options:
ME - Manual EntryThe first time you purchase a Q-global report usage, subscription or digital asset, a Q-global account will automatically be created for you.
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Q-global VIP Interpretive Report
63770 Qualification Level CA usage includes scoring and reporting
Administration Options:
ME - Manual EntryThe first time you purchase a Q-global report usage, subscription or digital asset, a Q-global account will automatically be created for you.
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VIP Answer Sheets
51770 Qualification Level CPack of 25
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VIP Test Booklet (reusable)
51768 Qualification Level CSingle Booklet
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks
Overview
- Publication date:
- 1997
- Completion time:
- 20 to 30 minutes
- Administration:
- Individual; Q-global® scoring and/or reporting
- Age range:
- 18 years to 69 years old
- Qualification level:
- C
Product Details
Designed to help meet the increasing need for a well-validated, psychometrically sound test that can provide empirical support in courtrooms and other legal institutions, the VIP test provides a broad spectrum of information about an individual’s performance on an assessment battery. As a measure of response styles, test results help assess whether the results of cognitive, neuropsychological or other types of testing should be considered representative of an individual’s overall capacities.
How to Use This Test
The VIP test is intended to provide support for conclusions that may impact the awarding of large sums of money or the determination of competence or culpability. As a result, the test is potentially useful to neuropsychologists, forensic, and clinical psychologists in a variety of situations, including:
- Civil and criminal trials
- Competency-to-stand-trial evaluations
- Medical insurance examinations
- Social Security disability reviews
- Workers compensation examinations
- Rehabilitative treatment assessments
Key Features
- The VIP test contains verbal and nonverbal subtests, each of which can be administered independently.
- As a self-administered forced-choice validity indicator, the VIP test provides more information than a yes/no decision regarding malingering. The test helps assess the relationship between the individual’s intention and the effort in completing the test. Based on this information, the report categorises the individual’s style as Compliant, Inconsistent, Irrelevant or Suppressed.
- A graph of results helps make it easy to explain the results in hearing or court proceedings.
- When used as part of a battery of tests, it complements most personality assessments.
- When used as a screening tool, the VIP test can help indicate who may not benefit from further, more extensive neuropsychological testing.
VIP Measures
Validity Indicators
The VIP test uses six primary validity indicators to classify an individual’s performance as either valid or invalid.
Response Styles
The test also categorises the individual’s response style as:
- Compliant: Suggests an individual’s intent to perform well, along with the probability that his or her performance is an accurate representation of ability
- Inconsistent: Suggests that the respondent is motivated to perform well but the effort is inconsistent or minimal
- Irrelevant: Suggests that the individual intended to perform poorly and that he or she was most likely responding without regard to item content
- Suppressed: Suggests high effort to perform poorly and that the individual tried to feign cognitive defects
Report Options
Interpretive Report
Respondent’s answers are not only compared to a normative group but against the individual’s own demonstrated abilities. The report contains two key sections:
- Classification of Test Performance - Summarises the respondent’s approach to the assessment and includes a narrative explanation of the validity determination.
- Expected and Actual Performance Curve - Graphs the test taker’s performance on test items by ascending order of item difficulty. The visual representation gives the evaluator an immediate overview of the respondent’s response style. A more detailed interpretation is included in the measurements and narrative that follow the graph.
Profile Report
The report provides a graphical representation of the test taker’s performance on test items.
Q-global® Administration Options
This product is available on Q-global with the following administration options:
Manual Entry (ME)
Your clients can complete the assessment in paper-pencil format, and their responses can then be data-entered into Q-global for scoring and report generation. On Screen Administrations are proctored supervised) unless specifically indicated.
If you would like more information, please visit the Q-global product page.
Designed to help meet the increasing need for a well-validated, psychometrically sound test that can provide empirical support in courtrooms and other legal institutions, the VIP test provides a broad spectrum of information about an individual’s performance on an assessment battery. As a measure of response styles, test results help assess whether the results of cognitive, neuropsychological or other types of testing should be considered representative of an individual’s overall capacities.
Resources
The following resources are available for VIP.