Detection of malingering in psychiatric unit and general population prison inmates: A comparison of the PAI, SIMS, and SIRS

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-42

  Edens, John F ^a   Poythress, Norman G ^b   Watkins Clay, M Monica ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW OF REPORTED SYMPTOM; STRUCTURED INVENTORY OF MALINGERED SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33847163273     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8801_05     Document Type: Article

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