The More You Say the Less It Means: Overreporting and Attenuated Criterion Validity in a Forensic Disability Sample

Psychological Injury and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 162-173

  Wiggins, Christopher W ^a   Wygant, Dustin B ^a   Hoelzle, James B ^b   Gervais, Roger O ^c  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

MMPI 2 RF; Psychometrics; Response bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871316809     PISSN: 1938971X     EISSN: 19389728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12207-012-9137-4     Document Type: Review

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