Psychometric perspectives on detection of malingering of pain: Use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 383-391

  Arbisi, Paul A ^a,b   Butcher, James N ^b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Malingering; MMPI 2

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIENCE; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MMPI; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 7044235667     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200411000-00002     Document Type: Review

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