An MMPI-based empirical model of malingering and deception

✍ Scribed by Dr. Kirk Heilbrun; William S. Bennett; Adam J. White; Jennifer Kelly

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 636 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0735-3936
• DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2370080106

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The empirically‐based model of malingering and deception described by Rogers (1984b) was operationalized using MMPI and clinical interview data. Subjects (N = 159) were patients committed to an inpatient forensic hospital as ‘Incompetent to Stand Trial’ or ‘Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity’. Inter‐rater reliability was acceptable for the 11 criteria used to define response styles. Each subject was categorized into one of five response style groups: ‘Reliable’, ‘Malingering’, ‘Defensive’, ‘Irrelevant’, or ‘Unclassifiable’. Factor analysis of the rating criteria yielded four factors, three of which are comparable to the assigned groups, providing some validation for the constructs underlying these groups.