Search Results - "Demakis, George J."

Gender Differences in Self-Reported Posttraumatic Growth: A Meta-Analysis by Vishnevsky, Tanya, Cann, Arnie, Calhoun, Lawrence G., Tedeschi, Richard G., Demakis, George J.

“…A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the direction and magnitude of gender differences in self-reported post-traumatic growth. Results from 70 studies (N =…”
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A Meta-Analytic Review of the Sensitivity of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test to Frontal and Lateralized Frontal Brain Damage by Demakis, George J

“…The author conducted 2 meta-analyses on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). The 1st compared participants with frontal lobe damage to those with posterior…”
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Frontal Lobe Damage and Tests of Executive Processing: A Meta-Analysis of the Category Test, Stroop Test, and Trail-Making Test by Demakis, George J.

“…The Category Test, Trails B, and the interference task of the Stroop Test are among the most commonly administered measures of frontal lobe functioning and are…”
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Lowered cutoffs to reduce false positives on the Word Memory Test by Rohling, Martin L., Demakis, George J., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer

“…To adjust the decision criterion for the Word Memory Test (WMT, Green, 2003) to minimize the frequency of false positives. Archival data were combined into a…”
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Clinician-Court Agreement and Predictors of Court Adjudication in Civil Incompetency Examinations by Demakis, George J., Canevello, Amy

“…The purpose of this study was to examine the rate of agreement between clinicians and judges in civil incompetency adjudications in incompetency and…”
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Detecting feigned ADHD in college students using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) by Morris, Cole, Lee, Tayla T. C., Demakis, George J., Park, Sydney

“…Objective: To investigate the utility of the validity scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) for detecting…”
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Examination of Select Psychometric Characteristics of Independent Living Scales Factors by Demakis, George J.

“…The purpose of this article was to examine select psychometrics of two factors—Performance/Information and Problem Solving—of Managing Money and Health and…”
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Evaluating Potential Guardians for Adults Adjudicated Incompetent by Demakis, George J

“…Despite the considerable interest from psychology and law in how to assess and conceptualized competency issues, relatively little has been written about…”
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Introduction to the Special Section on Civil Capacities in Clinical Neuropsychology by Demakis, George J

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A Meta-Analysis of Neuropsychological Outcome After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Re-analyses and Reconsiderations of Binder et al. (1997), Frencham et al. (2005), and Pertab et al. (2009) by Rohling, Martin L., Binder, Laurence M., Demakis, George J., Larrabee, Glenn J., Ploetz, Danielle M., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer

“…The meta-analytic findings of Binder et al. (1997) and Frencham et al. (2005) showed that the neuropsychological effect of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)…”
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Predictors of Financial Capacity in Young Adults by Demakis, George J, Szczepkowski, Kirk V, Johnson, Ashley N

“…To examine several predictors of financial capacity as assessed via the Independent Living Scales Money Management (ILS-MM) subtest in a regression…”
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Civil Competency Restoration: Initial Findings From Psychological-Based Civil Competency Evaluations by Demakis, George J., Gallimore, Madison G., Strzelecki, Stephen, Knuth, Sean B.

“…Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine civil competency restoration examinations conducted by licensed psychologists. The restoration court…”
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The Neuropsychology of Parkinson’s Disease by Demakis, George J., PhD

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Exploring the Specificity, Synergy, and Durability of Auditory and Visual Computer Gameplay Transfer Effects in Healthy Older Adults by Faust, Mark E, Multhaup, Kristi S, Ong, Michelle S, Demakis, George J, Balz, Kelly G

“…Abstract Objectives To determine whether auditory and visual computer games yield transfer effects that (a) are modality-specific to verbal memory (auditory…”
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State Statutes Regarding the Role of Psychologists in Performing Capacity Evaluations for Guardianship Determinations by Rothke, Steven E., Demakis, George J., Amsbaugh, Hayley M.

“…This article reviews the current laws in the 51 jurisdictions of the United States (50 states and the District of Colombia) regarding which clinical…”
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An Executive Functioning Composite Does Not Moderate the Relationship Between Combat Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Clusters by Etzel, Lena, Miskey, Holly M, Webb, Jennifer B, Demakis, George J, Harris, Henry L, Shura, Robert D

“…Abstract Objective Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent among U.S. combat Veterans, and associated with poor health and wellbeing. As combat…”
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State Statutory Definitions of Civil Incompetency/Incapacity: Issues for Psychologists by Demakis, George J

“…Clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists can play an important role in assisting the trier of fact in determining incompetency/incapacity. Each state has…”
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The Neuropsychology of Migraine by Ravishankar, Nandini, Demakis, George J., PhD

“…Migraine is a common and recurrent headache disorder that may present with a variety of neurologic and non-neurologic manifestations. It has been classified…”
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Diagnostic Differences and Demographic Predictors of Respondents Adjudicated Civilly Incompetent Versus Competent by Demakis, George J., Reeve, Charlie L.

“…The purpose of this study was to determine if diagnostic and demographic variables predict civil competency adjudications, a topic that has received scant…”
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The Effect of Failure on Cognitive and Psychological Symptom Validity Tests in Litigants with Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder by Demakis, George J., Gervais, Roger O., Rohling, Martin L.

“…This study examined the influence of performance on cognitive and psychological symptom validity tests on neuropsychological and psychological test performance…”
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