Getting caught in court: Base rates for malingering in Australasian litigants

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-201

  Clifford, Danielle ^a   Byrne, Mitchell K ^a   Allan, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COURT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WITNESS;

EID: 11144263236     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.2004.11.2.197     Document Type: Article

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