Susceptibility of the MMPI-2 clinical, Restructured Clinical (RC), and content scales to overreporting and underreporting

Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-85

  Sellbom, Martin ^a   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^a   Graham, John R ^a   Arbisi, Paul A ^b   Bagby, R Michael ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Malingering; MMPI 2; Overreporting; Personality assessment; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECUMBENCY;

ADULT; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 20844437795     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191104273515     Document Type: Article

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