The MMPI-2 symptom validity scale (FBS) is an empirically validated measure of overreporting in personal injury litigants and claimants: Reply to butcher et al. (2008)

Psychological Injury and Law

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-85

  Ben Porath, Yossef S ^a   Greve, Kevin W ^b,c   Bianchini, Kevin J ^b,c   Kaufmann, Paul M ^d  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 65349171896     PISSN: 1938971X     EISSN: 19389728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12207-009-9037-4     Document Type: Article

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