An MMPI-2 scale to detect malingered depression (Md scale)

Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 382-392

  Steffan, Jarrod S ^a   Clopton, James R ^a   Morgan, Robert D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Faking; Forensic evaluation; Malingering; MMPI 2; Test validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; METHODOLOGY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MMPI; TEXAS;

EID: 2142799550     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191103259548     Document Type: Article

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