Abstract
The present study investigated the possible interaction between education and scores on the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM). Participants were categorized into five educational cohorts (0–3, 4–6, 7–9, 10–12, 13 >). In conjunction with evaluating the effects of educational attainment on TOMM score performance, the impact of gender was also assessed. The sample consisted of 350 archival cases from patients who completed a neuropsychological evaluation at an outpatient clinic in Pasadena, California. Participants ranged in age from 18 to 90 years and in educational attainment from being illiterate to 25 years of education. Results indicated that there were no gender differences on any of the three TOMM trials. Results also indicated that there were no educational effects for either of the established educational cohorts for trial 1, trial 2 or retention trial of the TOMM. There were no gender and educational attainment interaction effects for any of the three TOMM trials. Limitations of the current study are provided in conjunction with future research considerations for the development of more sound research with Latinos.