Factitious psychological disorders: The overlooked response style in forensic evaluations

Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-41

  Rogers, Richard ^a   Jackson, Rebecca L ^a   Kaminski, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Factitious disorders; Feigning; Forensic evaluations; Malingering; Response styles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONALITY TEST; RATING SCALE; ROLE PLAYING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 17344362497     PISSN: 15228932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J158v05n01_02     Document Type: Article

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