Antisocial features and "faking bad": A critical note

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-42

  Niesten, Isabella J M ^a   Nentjes, Lieke ^a,b   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Bernstein, David P ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Forensic Psychiatric Center 'de Rooyse Wissel'   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality; Cognitive dissonance; Faking bad; Faking good; Malingering; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DSM-IV; HUMAN; MALINGERING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTION BIAS; SELF REPORT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DECEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DECEPTION; HUMANS;

EID: 84937970513     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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