Detecting feigned ADHD in college students using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF)

Morris, Nicole M.; Lee, Tayla T. C.; Demakis, George J.; Park, Sydney

doi:10.1080/13854046.2022.2112294

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“…These patterns on the posttest survey are important because our broader results suggest that the posttest is an especially important component of feigning research, with effect sizes and classification accuracy being higher when error variance attributed to poor feigning instruction compliance was removed. While Rogers and Bender (2018) indicate that such posttests should assess feigning instruction recall and comprehension as well as feigning effort, there is great variability currently in if such a survey is included and what topics it covers (e.g., Morris, Lee, et al, 2022; Reeves et al, 2022; Tylicki et al, 2022; Whitman et al, 2021). For instance, while most include a closed-ended question assessing if participants can recall that they were asked to feign and some measure of the frequency of instruction compliance (Reeves et al, 2022; Whitman et al, 2021), others have included broader questions related to boredom, personal salience, motivation, and so forth (Morris, Lee, et al, 2022; Whitman et al, 2021).…”

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“…While Rogers and Bender (2018) indicate that such posttests should assess feigning instruction recall and comprehension as well as feigning effort, there is great variability currently in if such a survey is included and what topics it covers (e.g., Morris, Lee, et al, 2022; Reeves et al, 2022; Tylicki et al, 2022; Whitman et al, 2021). For instance, while most include a closed-ended question assessing if participants can recall that they were asked to feign and some measure of the frequency of instruction compliance (Reeves et al, 2022; Whitman et al, 2021), others have included broader questions related to boredom, personal salience, motivation, and so forth (Morris, Lee, et al, 2022; Whitman et al, 2021). Given this, posttest surveys must not only be created based on best practices for research (e.g., Burchett & Ben-Porath, 2019) and clinical application (Corey & Ben-Porath, 2020) but also we must evaluate the equivalence of these posttests across studies to fully contextualize test performance.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Contrasting MMPI-3 validity scale effectiveness differences across in-person and telehealth administration procedures.

Agarwal,

Keen,

Morris

et al. 2023

Psychological Assessment

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Psychological assessment underwent substantive challenges and changes when the COVID-19 pandemic began, and these changes are likely to endure given the rapid growth of telehealth clinical practice and assessment research using virtual procedures. COVID-19-related changes to assessment practices have impacted accordingly how we study overreporting scale functioning, including the modality through which we administer measures. No available research provides direct comparisons of overreporting scale effectiveness within simulation research across in-person and telehealth modalities, despite early support for novel instruments relying on remote procedures within the historic context of the pandemic. We used simulated feigning conditions collected using best telehealth practices to examine if, and how, overreporting scales differed in effectiveness by evaluating mean scores, elevation rates, and classification accuracy statistics, relative to parallel in-person conditions. Results indicate no meaningful differences in scale effectiveness, particularly when exclusion procedures included a posttest questionnaire. Our findings support telehealth assessment practice and the integration of research collected virtually into the traditional, in-person feigning literature. Limitations and future directions are discussed. Public Significance StatementThis study evaluates how research on feigning conducted on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) using virtual platforms generalizes to in-person studies. Understanding this generalization of knowledge is important because the MMPI-3 was released early during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in most early feigning research being conducted virtually. This use of virtual methods was a notable change as prior feigning research on earlier versions of the MMPI was conducted in person.

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