Symptom overreporting in combat veterans evaluated for PTSD: Differentiation on the basis of compensation seeking status

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 369-384

  Frueh, B Christopher ^a,b   Gold, Paul B ^a   De Arellano, Michael A ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030909878     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6802_8     Document Type: Article

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