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Tara L. Victor
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Psychology
Phone: 310-243-3467
Email: tvictor@csudh.edu
Office Location: SBS G305
Laboratory Location: SBS B232C
Research Interests:
The detection of malingering in psychological and neuropsychological
assessment
Most Recent Publications:
Dean, A. C., Victor, T. L., Boone, K. B., Philpott, L. M., & Hess, R. A.
(In press). Dementia and effort test performance. The Clinical
Neuropsychologist.
Dean, A. C., Boone, K. B., Kim, M. S., Curiel, A. R., Martin, D. J.,
Victor, T. L., Zeller, M. A., & Lang, Y. K. (In press). Examination of
the impact of ethnicity on the MMPI-2 Fake Bad Scale. The Clinical
Neuropsychologist.
Dean, A. C., Victor, T. L., Boone, K. B., & Arnold, G. (In press). The
relationship of IQ to effort test performance. The Clinical
Neuropsychologist.
Boone, K., Victor, T., Wen, J., Razani, J. & Ponton, M. (2007). The
association between neuropsychological scores and ethnicity, language
and acculturation variables in a large patient population. Archives of
Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 355-365.
Victor, T. & Boone, K.B. (2007). Assessing Effort in a Mentally Retarded
Population. In Boone, K.B. (Ed.), Assessment of Feigned Cognitive
Impairment: A Neuropsychological Perspective. New York: Guilford
Publications, Inc.
Victor, T. & Abeles, N. (2004). Coaching clients to take psychological
and neuropsychological tests: A clash of ethical obligations.
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35, 373-379.
Highest degree obtained: Ph.D.
Discipline: Clinical Psychology
Institution/Year: Michigan State University, 2004
Thesis Title/Director:
Neuropsychology of normal aging/Norman Abeles, Ph.D., ABPP
Master's Degree:
Discipline: Clinical Psychology
Institution/Year: Michigan State University, 2000
Thesis Title/Director: Age-associated memory impairment/Norman
Abeles, Ph.D., ABPP
Bachelor's Degree:
Discipline: Psychology
Institution/Year: University of Kentucky, 1998
Thesis Title/Director: Effects of cocaine and alcohol on spatial
learning and memory in rats/Susan Barron, Ph.D.
Positions since highest degree earned:
Assistant Professor. California State University, Dominguez Hills,
Department of Psychology, Carson, California
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and
Biobehavioral Sciences, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los
Angeles Veterans Adminstration, Westwood, California
Clinical Neuropsychologist and Psychotherapist, Private Practice, Los
Angeles, California
Grants:
2007 Co-Investigator. Department of
Defense Concept Award Grant entitled, “A pilot study to identify
barriers to treatment in OEF/OIF veterans with PTSD and low back
pain in establishing future transdisciplinary complimentary
interventions”, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Healthcare System.
2007 Principle Investigator. Sally Casanova Memorial Awards Program
(RSCAAP) Mini Grant entitled “Understanding ethnic, language and
cultural variations on neuropsychological test performance”,
California State University, Dominguez Hills.
2006 Principle Investigator. Borchard Foundation Center on Law and
Aging Research Grant entitled “Assessing effort during competency
evaluations with individuals who may be demented".
2000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, Student Award
Program Grant.
2000 Pearl J. Aldrich Endowment in Gerontology, Graduate Student
Research Grant, College of Human Medicine, Department of Psychiatry,
Michigan State University.
Awards & Recognitions:
2003 APA Division 12, Section II (Clinical Geropsychology) Student
Research Award Competition.
2002 Graduate School Incentive Fellowship, The Graduate School,
Michigan State University.
2002 Graduate Student Fellowship for Teaching, Department of
Psychology, Michigan State University.
2002 American Society on Aging Graduate Student Research Award
Honorable Mention.
2001 APA Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) Student Research
Award for Completed Research at the Masters Level.
2001 Graduate Student Fellowship for Teaching, Department of
Psychology, Michigan State University.
Publications:
Dean, A. C., Victor, T. L., Boone, K. B., Philpott, L. M., & Hess,
R. A. (In press). Dementia and effort test performance. The Clinical
Neuropsychologist.
Dean, A. C., Boone, K. B., Kim, M. S., Curiel, A. R., Martin, D. J.,
Victor, T. L., Zeller, M. A., & Lang, Y. K. (In press). Examination
of the impact of ethnicity on the MMPI-2 Fake Bad Scale. The
Clinical Neuropsychologist.
Dean, A. C., Victor, T. L., Boone, K. B., & Arnold, G. (In press).
The relationship of IQ to effort test performance. The Clinical
Neuropsychologist.
Boone, K., Victor, T., Wen, J., Razani, J. & Ponton, M. (2007). The
association between neuropsychological scores and ethnicity,
language and acculturation variables in a large patient population.
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 355-365.
Victor, T. & Boone, K.B. (2007). Assessing Effort in a Mentally
Retarded Population. In Boone, K.B. (Ed.), Assessment of Feigned
Cognitive Impairment: A Neuropsychological Perspective. New York:
Guilford Publications, Inc.
Victor, T. (2005). Executive function, processing speed and working
memory as mediators of age-related decline in verbal memory encoding
and retrieval processes. Dissertation Abstracts International:
Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, 65 (9-B), 4865.
Victor, T. & Abeles, N. (2004). Coaching clients to take
psychological and neuropsychological tests: A clash of ethical
obligations. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35,
373-379.
Abeles, N., Victor, T. & Delano-Wood, L. (2004). The impact of
parent or grandparent
death on the family. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice,
35, 234-239.
Abeles, N. & Victor, T. (2003). Unique opportunities for psychology
in mental health care for older adults. Clinical Psychology: Science
and Practice, 10, 120-124.
Victor, T. (2001). Anxiety. The Michigan Psychologist, 1st quarter,
8-10.
Presentations:
Bortnik, K., Boone, K.B., Ziegler, E.A., Victor, T.L. & Zeller,
M. (2008). A re-examination of the effectiveness of the WMS-III
Logical Memory Rarely Missed Index in noncredible patients. Accepted
for presentation at the 5th Annual American Academy of Clinical
Neuropsychology (AACN) annual conference, Boston, MA.
Curiel, A., Boone, K.B., Wen, J., Ziegler, E. A., Victor, T.L. &
Zeller, M. (2008). An examination of the effectiveness of the Meyers
and Volbrecht (2003) motor function formula in assessment of
response bias. Accepted for presentation at the 5th Annual American
Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) annual conference,
Boston, MA.
Torres, K., Boone, K.B., Wen, J., Ziegler, E.A., Victor, T.L., &
Zeller, M, (2008). The Finger Tapping and Kaufman Hand Movements
Tests in the detection of response bias. Accepted for presentation
at the 5th Annual American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN)
annual conference, Boston, MA.
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