The utility of the MMPI-2 malingering discriminant function index in the detection of malingering: A study of criminal Defendants

Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-121

  Toomey, Joseph A ^a   Kucharski, L Thomas ^a   Duncan, Scott ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b United States Federal Penitentiary   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic assessment; Known groups designs; Malingering; MMPI 2; Simulation designs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALINGERING; MMPI; PRISONERS; PRISONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 58849149032     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191108319713     Document Type: Article

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