Impact of coaching on malingered posttraumatic stress symptoms on the M-FAST and the TSI

Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 37-56

  Guriel, Jennifer ^a   Yãnez, Tami ^a   Fremouw, William ^a   Shreve Neiger, Andrea ^a   Ware, Lisa ^a   Filcheck, Holly ^b   Farr, Chastity ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feigning; M FAST; Malingering; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); TSI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 3242671422     PISSN: 15228932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J158v04n02_02     Document Type: Article

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