Abstracts of 15th Annual Meeting 407 Pt, Sc, Ma, and Si) and the three validity scales (F, L, and K). Some checklist items (headaches, loss of consciousness, learning problems, and personality changes) resulted in nearly entire profile differences. For the 100 subjects the average order T-scores with the highest elevations on the MMPIA Clinical Scales were: Pd, Ma, Pa, Sc, & D. Highest report- ed symptom base rates were for headaches (57%), previous hospitalizations (55%), arith- metic disability (49%), use of psychoactive medications (44%), and dizzy spells (37%). The findings of this study suggest that adolescents with externalizing disorders may respond dif- ferentially to the MMPIA depending on the presence or abscence of symptoms frequently reported in neuropsychological screening interviews. Kibby, M. Y., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. E., & Long, C. J. Relationships Between Measures of Auditory Verbal Learning and Executive Functioning in Closed Head Injury. Previous research has focused on the relationship between memory and executive function- ing in heterogeneous neurological samples; however, few studies have examined this rela- tionship in a homogenous group of adults with closed head injury. The California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) and executive measures were given as part of battery of tests from a larger study. Executive functions tapped included attention, perseverance in responding, and problem solving/cognitive flexibility. Measures of general verbal and visual-spatial compe- tence were also given. Utilizing a sample consisting of 28 severely head-injured adults (PTA > 7 days), comparisons between memory and executive measures were made based upon the five factors of the CVLT found in previous studies. An intercorrelation matrix was per- formed for the 19 CVLT variables with the six executive function measures. Contrary to pre- vious research, several correlations between CVLT variables and executive measures were significant, and the vast majority of these occurred between CVLT variables in factor 1 ("General Verbal Learning") and the executive measures. Ninety-three percent (25/27) of all significant correlations occurred between CVLT variables loading on factor 1 and the execu- tive measures. Common variance shared between CVLT and executive measures ranged from 14% to 47%. These correlations demonstrated moderate specificity as 60% (15/25) of the correlations that occurred between executive measures and CVLT variables on factor 1 were unique to factor 1. In terms of perseverance in responding, only one significant correla- tion occurred between it and memory, and this was specific to proactive interference. This suggests those more likely to cease responding consistently to stimuli are more likely to suf- fer from proactive interference. To test the consistency of these findings, the same analyses were run on a control sample of neurologically normal subjects (N = 34) and similar findings were obtained. Ninety-two percent (22/24) of all significant correlations between memory and executive functioning were found between CVLT variables loading on factor 1 and the executive measures, and 77% (17/22) of these correlations were unique to factor 1. A possi- ble explanation for these findings is that factor 1 is said to reflect general verbal learning. It includes all the recall and recognition measures in addition to semantic clustering. Numerous studies have found that using internal strategies while memorizing lists aids recall. These findings suggest executive functioning is involved in effectively utilizing internal strategies to aid in storage and retrieval. Further implications of these findings are discussed. Kixmiiler, J. S., Zarella, M. M., & O'Connor, M. D(fferentiation of Amnesic Subgroups Using Savings Scores From the Rev Complex Figure Test and WMS-R. Clinicians often use savings scores (i.e., percent Savings = Delayed Recall/Immediate Recall × 100) as a method for estimating the amount of information that has been retained