Detecting Symptom Exaggeration in Combat Veterans Using the MMPI-2 Symptom Validity Scales: A Mixed Group Validation

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 729-736

  Tolin, David F ^a   Steenkamp, Maria M ^b   Marx, Brian P ^c   Litz, Brett T ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MMPI 2; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Symptom exaggeration; Validity; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALINGERING; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY; VETERAN;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 78650138263     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020973     Document Type: Article

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