Posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans: The utility of the MMPI-2-RF validity scales in detecting overreported symptoms

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 671-678

  Goodwin, Brandee E ^a   Sellbom, Martin ^a   Arbisi, Paul A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

MMPI 2 RF; Overreporting; PTSD; Response bias; Validity scales

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2 RESTRUCTURED FORM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84883773119     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032214     Document Type: Article

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