“…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).…”