Comparability of the MMPI-2 F(p) and F Scales and the SIRS in Clinical Use with Suspected Malingerers

McCusker, Paul J.; Moran, Marianne; Serfass, Lisa; Peterson, Kevin H.

doi:10.1177/0306624x03254013

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“…Since it is not a measure of psychopathology, it is less likely to be confounded with psychopathology than either the MMPI-2 or the PAI measures of malingering. The SIRS has been consistently shown to be reasonably accurate in the detection of malingering of psychiatric symptoms using a variety of research paradigms (see, e.g., Heinze, 2003;Lewis, Simcox, & Berry, 2002;McCusker, Moran, Serfass, & Peterson, 2003;Rogers, et al, 1990;Rogers, Gillis, Dickens, & Bagby, 1991;Rogers, Kropp, Bagby, & Dickens, 1992).…”

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Psychopathy and malingering of psychiatric disorder in criminal defendants

Kucharski

Duncan²,

Egan

et al. 2006

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Because the use of deception is an important clinical characteristic of psychopathy, there is intuitive appeal to the idea that psychopathy and malingering are associated. There is, however, very little research showing that psychopaths are more likely to malinger. We classified a sample of criminal defendants as high, moderate, or low in psychopathy, based on PCL-R scores, and compared their scores on indices typically used to detect malingering on the MMPI-2, the PAI and the SIRS. The high psychopathy group scored significantly higher on the MMPI-2 F and F-K; the PAI NIM, and the SIRS, but not the MMPI-2 Fb, F(p), or the PAI RDF or Mal, lending some support for the DSM-IV recommendation that malingering should be considered whenever there is a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder. Logistic regression analysis (LGA) revealed that Factor I but not Factor II of the PCL-R significantly discriminated malingerers from nonmalingerers with 75% correct classification. However, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed that psychopathy ratings had poor sensitivity and specificity in the detection of malingering. Calculation of the percentages of those exceeding accepted cut-offs on each of the malingering measures revealed that a high percentage of severe psychopaths did not attempt to feign psychiatric disorder. The results suggest that psychopathy is not a clinically useful indictor of malingering. The results are discussed in terms of confirmatory bias and the impact such a bias could have on the evaluation of criminal defendants.

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Section: Validated Measures Of Malingeringmentioning

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Psychopathy and malingering of psychiatric disorder in criminal defendants

Kucharski

Duncan²,

Egan

et al. 2006

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…That is, since Fp is designed to tap exaggeration of severe psychiatric symptoms that most real psychiatric patients do not endorse, one might expect better results in a sample in which exaggeration of severe psychopathology is emphasized rather than mild psychological symptoms or more severe cognitive or somatic deficits and complaints. This is illustrated by reference to two studies: Larrabee (2003c) and McCusker, Moran, Serfass, and Peterson (2003). The first examined the performance of traumatic brain injury patients selected solely on the basis of a below chance memory SVT finding; the second examined malingering forensic psychiatric patients identified using the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS), an index of psychiatric malingering.…”

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Sensitivity and Specificity of MMPI-2 Validity Scales and Indicators to Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Traumatic Brain Injury

Greve

Bianchini

Love

et al. 2006

The Clinical Neuropsychologist

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The present study used a known-groups design to determine the classification accuracy of 10 MMPI-2 validity scales and indicators in the detection of cognitive malingering in traumatic brain injury. Participants were 259 traumatic brain injury and 133 general clinical patients seen for neuropsychological evaluation. The TBI patients were subdivided into groups based on a comprehensive examination of effort following Slick, Sherman, and Iverson's (1999) criteria. More extreme scores demonstrated excellent specificity; often impressive sensitivity was seen even while maintaining a low false positive error rate. Specificity was good even in stroke, memory disorder, and psychiatric patients without incentive. The results of this study are presented in frequency tables that can be easily referenced in clinical practice.

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“…The MMPI-2 Chinese version has demonstrated excellent psychometric properties [20,21] and has been used in malingering detection in a sample of university students in Taiwan [22]. The F (Infrequency) subscale, L (Lie) and K (Correction) subscales of the MMPI-2 were regarded as the validity scales for the assessment of response styles systematically and empirically [23]. The F subscale performed well in the prediction on of the malingering.…”

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confidence: 99%