Characteristics of successful fakers versus unsuccessful fakers: Is empathy, intelligence, or personality associated with faking PTSD on the MMPI-2?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 747-750

  Mover, Diane M ^a   Ward, Jane Tyler ^a   Gordon, Robert M ^b   Burkhardt, Barbara B ^b  

^a CEDAR CREST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CHARACTER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECUMBENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CHARACTER; DECEPTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MMPI; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 33846796329     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.99.3.747-750     Document Type: Review

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