Detecting negative response bias with the fake bad scale, response bias scale, and henry-heilbronner index of the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-88

  Dionysus, Kimberly E ^a,c   Denney, Robert L ^a   Halfaker, Dale A ^b  

^a Forest Institute   (United States)

^b Neuropsychological Associates of Southwest Missouri   (United States)

^c 73 B Mountain Ave   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Forensic neuropsychology; Symptom validity testing; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956110706     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq096     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Allen, L. M., Condor, R. L., Green, P., & Cow, D. R. (1997). CARB 97 manual for the Computerized Assessment of Response Bias. Durham, NC: CogniSyst.
2. Ben-Porath, Y. S., & Tellegen, A. (2008). MMPI-2-RF (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form) manual for administration, scoring, and interpretation. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press.
3. Butcher, J. N., Arbisi, P. A., Atlis, M. M., & McNulty, J. L. (2003). The construct validity of the Lees-Haley fake bad scale. Does this scale measure somatic malingering and feigned emotional distress? Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 473-485. (Pubitemid 36593196)
4. Butcher, J. N., Dahlstrom, W. G., Graham, J. R., Tellegen, A., & Kaemmer, B. (1989). Manual for administration and scoring the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
5. Franzen, M. D., & Iverson, G. L. (2000). Detecting negative response bias and diagnosing malingering: the dissimulation exam. In J. Snyder, & P. J. Nussbaum (Eds.), Clinical neuropsychology: A pocket handbook for assessment. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
6. Gervais, R., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Wygant, D. B., & Green, P. (2007). Development and validation of a response bias scale (RBS) for the MMPI-2. Assessment, 14, 196-208.
7. Gervais, R., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Wygant, D. B., & Green, P. (2008). Differential sensitivity of the Response Bias Scale (RBS) and MMPI-2 validity scales to memory complaints. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 22 (6), 1061-1079.
8. Gervais, R., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Wygant, D. B., & Sellbom, M. (2010). Incremental validity of the MMPI-2RF over-reporting scales and RBS in assessing the veracity of memory complaints. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 25 (2), 1-11.
9. Green, P. (2004a). Green's Medical Symptom Validity Test (MSVT): User's manual. Edmonton, Canada: Green's Publishing.
10. Green, P. (2004b). Memory Complaints Inventory. Edmonton, Canada: Green's Publishing.
11. Green, P. (2005). Green's Word Memory Test: User's manual. Edmonton, CA: Green's Publishing.
12. Greiffenstein, M. F., Baker, J. W., Gola, T., Donders, J., & Miller, L. (2002). The fake bad scale in atypical and sever closed head injury litigants. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58, 1591-1600. (Pubitemid 35416775)
13. Greiffenstein, M. F., Fox, D., & Lees-Haley, P. R. (2007). The MMPI-2 Fake Bad Scale in detection of non-credible brain-injury claims. In K.B. Boone (Ed.), Assessment of feigned cognitive impairment. A neuropsychological perspective. New York: Guilford Press.
14. Hathaway, S. R., & McKinley, J. C. (1943). The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press.
15. Henry, G. K., Heilbronner, R. L., Mittenberg, W., & Enders, C. (2006). The Henry-Heilbronner Index: A 15-item empirically derived MMPI-2 subscale for identifying probable malingering in personal injury litigants and disability claimants. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 20 (4), 786-797. (Pubitemid 44410552)
16. Henry, G. K., Heilbronner, R. L., Mittenberg, W., Enders, C., & Stanczak, S. R. (2008). Comparison of the Lees-Haley Fake Bad Scale, Henry-Heilbronner Index, and Restructured Clinical Scale 1 in identifying noncredible symptom reporting. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 22 (5), 919-929.
17. Larrabee, G. J. (1998). Somatic malingering on the MMPI and MMPI-2 in personal injury litigants. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 12, 179-188. (Pubitemid 28394368)
18. Larrabee, G. J. (2003a). Exaggerated MMPI-2 symptom report in personal injury litigants with malingered neurocognitive deficit. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 673-686. (Pubitemid 36945504)
19. Larrabee, G. J. (2003b). Detection of symptom exaggeration with the MMPI-2 in litigants with malingered neurocognitive dysfunction. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 17, 54-68. (Pubitemid 36936425)
20. Larrabee, G. J. (2003c). Exaggerated MMPI-2 symptom report in personal injury litigants with malingered neurocognitive deficit. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 673-689.
21. Larrabee, G. J. (2005). Assessment of malingering. Forensic neuropsychology: A scientific approach (pp. 115-158). New York: Oxford University Press.
22. Lees-Haley, P. R. (1992). Efficacy of MMPI-2 validity scales and MCMI-II modifier scales for detecting spurious PTSD claims F, F-K, Fake Bad Scale, Ego Strength, Subtle- Obvious Subscales, Dis, and DEB. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48, 681-688.
23. Lees-Haley, P. R., English, L. T., & Glenn, W. J. (1991). A fake bad scale for the MMPI-2 for personal injury claimants. Psychological Reports, 68, 203-210.
24. Lees-Haley, P. R., & Fox, D. D. (2004). Commentary on Butcher, Arbisi, Atlis, and McNulty (2003) on the Fake Bad Scale. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 333-336. (Pubitemid 38373537)
25. Lezak, M. D., Howieson, D. B., & Loring, D. W. (2004). Neuropsychological Assessment (4th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
26. Martens, M., Donders, J., & Millers, S. R. (2001). Evaluation of invalid response sets after traumatic head injury. Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology, 2, 1-18. (Pubitemid 33039585)
27. Miller, S. R., & Donders, J. (2001). Subjective symptomology after traumatic head injury. Brain Injury, 15, 296-304.
28. Nelson, N., Hoelzle, J., Sweet, J., Arbisi, P., & Demakis, G. (2010). Updated Met-Analysis of the MMPI-2 Symptom Validity Scale (FBS): Verified utility in forensic practice. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 24, 701-724.
29. Nelson, N., Sweet, J. J., & Heilbronner, R. L. (2007). Examination of the new MMPI-2 response bias scale (Gervais): Relationship with MMPI-2 validity scales. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 29, 67-72. (Pubitemid 44950984)
30. Rey, A. (1964). L'examen clinique en psychologie. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
31. Rogers, R., Sewell, K. W., & Ustad, K. L. (1995). Feigning among chronic outpatients on the MMPI-2: A systematic examination of fake-bad indicators. Assessment, 2, 81-89.
32. Ross, S. R., Millis, S. R., Krukowski, R. A., Putnam, S. H., & Adams, K. M. (2004). Detecting incomplete effort on the MMPI-2: An examination of the Fake Bad Scale in mild head injury. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 26, 115-124. (Pubitemid 38117565)
33. Slick, D. J., Hopp, G., Strauss, E., & Spellacy, F. J. (1996). Victoria Symptom Validity Test: Efficiency for detecting feigned memory impairment and relationship to neuropsychological tests and MMPI-2 Validity Scales. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 18, 911-922. (Pubitemid 27067327)
34. Slick, D. J., Sherman, E. M. S., & Iverson, G. L. (1999). Diagnostic criteria for malingered neurocognitive dysfunction: Proposed standards for clinical practice and research. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 13, 545-561. (Pubitemid 30311324)
35. Tenhula, W. N., & Sweet, J. J. (1996). Double cross-validation of the Booklet Category Test in detecting malingered traumatic brain injury. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 10, 104-116. (Pubitemid 26078606)
36. Tombaugh, T. N. (1996). Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM). Toronto, Canada: Multi-Health Systems.
37. Tombaugh, T. N. (1997). The Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM): Normative data from cognitively intact and cognitively impaired individuals. Psychological Assessment, 9, 260-268. (Pubitemid 27428330)
38. Whitney, K. A., Davis, J. J., Shepard, P. H., & Herman, S. M. (2008). Utility of the Response Bias Scale (RBS) and other MMPI-2 validity scales in predicting TOMM performance. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 23, 777-786.
39. Wygant, D. B., Sellbom, M., Gervais, R. O., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Stafford, K. P., Freeman, D. B., et al. (2010). Further validation of the MMPI-2-RF Response Bias Scale: Findings from disability and criminal forensic settings. Psychological Assessment, 10, 1040-3590;1939-134X (October 4, 2010).
40. Zhou, X. H., Obuchowski, N. A., & Obuchowski, D. M. (2002). Statistical Methods in Diagnostic Medicine. New York: John Wiley and Sons.