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Memory Complaints Inventory: Review of Psychometric Properties

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The Memory Complaints Inventory (Green in Users' manual for the Memory Complaints Inventory (MCI). 2019) is a 58-item, stand-alone symptom validity test that measures exaggerated memory complaints. Psychometric properties of the MCI are adequate, and the test manual provides foundational validation data in large samples, which have been replicated in several independent studies. Scoring software and the optional AI program offer an array of score reporting options. MCI scores tend to be moderately related to performance validity scores on memory-based measures, with stronger relationships to other cognitive symptom validity scales. Additionally, MCI scores tend to be high in those with non-neurological disorders (e.g., depression, pain), and MCI scores were not related to scores on performance-based memory tests. The current paper reviews all studies on the MCI currently published and synthesizes a recommended approach for interpreting the MCI. Strengths, weakness, and areas for future research are also reviewed.

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  1. Munson Army Health Center, Fort Leavenworth, KS, USA

    Patrick Armistead-Jehle

  2. VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MA-MIRECC), Salisbury, NC, USA

    Robert D. Shura

  3. Research & Academic Affairs Service Line, Salisbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, NC, USA

    Robert D. Shura

  4. Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Robert D. Shura

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Armistead-Jehle, P., Shura, R.D. Memory Complaints Inventory: Review of Psychometric Properties. Psychol. Inj. and Law 15, 104–112 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-021-09430-0

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