![handle is hein.journals/psyinjl14 and id is 1 raw text is: Psychological Injury and Law (2021) 14:1
https://doi.org/l0.1007/s12207-021-09405-1
Testing in Psychological Injury and Law
Gerald Young'
Published online: 19 March 2021
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021
Keywords Testing - Assessment - Psychological injuries - Performance validity testing - Symptom validity testing
Malingering
The journal has several sections related to testing in the field
of psychological injury and law. These are (a) assessment,
(b) traumatic brain injury, and (c) malingering and validity
testing [symptom validity tests (SVT), performance validity
tests (PVT)]. The journal receives submissions that apply to
all three areas and receives submissions related to feigning
and not malingering per se. Also, we receive submissions on
PVTs and SVTs that cover all three areas. Some tests that are
covered are new ones, such as the IOP-29. Some are more
classic ones, such as the TOMM, SIMS, and BRIEF. All
these tests are discussed in this present issue. In the previous
one (December 2020 issue), we covered the PAI, MMPI-
2-RF, and MMPI-3. Submitted manuscripts on any tests in
the field are assigned to the section co-heads for the three
major sections referred to above, despite the overlap in con-
tent. The overlap is remarkable for the articles in this issue
so, in this case, they are all designated as involving testing
and are not classified by the usual sections. The journal will
continue to follow this designation procedure, as required.
Note that all articles undergo rigorous peer review, and there
is no new testing section with a separate set of co-heads.
Our hard-working co-heads in the three noted sections col-
lectively are responsible for managing the peer review of the
testing articles in this issue, and in any other issues in which
this designation will be used.
Also, note the different research methods used by the
authors of these articles in this issue, and the different ques-
tions asked. Testing is a complex practical skill, and research
on it is equally complex. It has become even more complex
in these COVID-19 times, given the need for and increased
use of remote, virtual testing. A future issue of the journal
will deal with this confounding factor in testing. In the end,
all testing in the psychological injury and law context must
meet exacting standards professionally, psychometrically,
and legally, with the psychometrics of reliability and valid-
ity at the forefront, along with test standardization in these
COVID-19 times. The journal's mission statement accentu-
ates these obligations in the field and underscores the quality
of research undertaken in all its sections related to testing. In
short, we plan that almost all articles published in the journal
in 2021 will be on testing in one way or another.
Next year in 2022, we will be broadening our scope with
International Research, but here, too, testing will be critical.
At the same time, we are not neglecting the core areas of the
journal on psychological injuries and the law. The last issue
in 2020 (December 2020) was especially on this topic and,
in 2022, we hope to have more, especially on PTSD and
related topics.
The Editor-in-Chief has served in this role since the journal's
inception, which he founded with the support of the publisher
Springer. We look forward to: further dynamic issues in the
journal, contributions by both leaders in the field and upcoming
stalwarts, and active support by our readers through the use of
the journal's articles in their practice and in their preparation for
court. Please send feedback to the Editor-in-Chief (GYoung @
glendon.yorku.ca) and section co-heads, in that the field needs
all of its facets to work together toward scientifically informed
and scientifically supported practice and application.
Gerald Young, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief
Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to
jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
O Springer
Gerald Young
gyoung@glendon.yorku.ca
Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/psyinjl14&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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