Detection of faking good on the MMPI in a psychiatric inpatient population.
The efficacy of the Mp and X minus zero scales of the MMPI in identifying fake-good profiles was investigated. 30 volunteers from the admissions unit of a state mental hospital were administered the MMPI once under instructions to fake good and once under standard instructions. Under fake-good instructions, psychiatric inpatients were able to produce profiles similar to those of normal college students. Both the Mp and X minus zero scales discriminated significantly between the standard and fake-good profiles. Interactions with order of administration occurred for the Mp scale.
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D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008014:Lie Detection / Q000523:psychology*; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis