The Utility and Comparative Incremental Validity of the MMPI-2 and Trauma Symptom Inventory Validity Scales in the Detection of Feigned PTSD

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-326

  Efendov, Adele A ^a   Sellbom, Martin ^b   Bagby, R Michael ^a,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

malingering; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2; posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma Symptom Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZATION; REMISSION; TRAUMA SYMPTOM INVENTORY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MMPI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 57849127593     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013870     Document Type: Article

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