Varying cautionary instructions, monetary incentives, and comorbid diagnostic training in malingered psychopathology research

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-337

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Butcher, Jimmie J ^a   Reeves, Andrea N ^b   Baugher, Shannon N ^b   Gray, Matt J ^c   Jacobs, Gerard A ^a   Fricker Elhai, Adrienne E ^d   North, Terry C ^e   Arbisi, Paul ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^e VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; TRAUMA SYMPTOM INVENTORY;

EID: 34250368037     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701332136     Document Type: Article

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