title: Normative data for the F(p) scale of the MMPI-2: implications for clinical and forensic assessment of malingering.
abstract: Data from several clinical samples and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 standardization group are presented to familiarize the reader with response patterns of different groups on a new validity scale designed to assist in the identification of exaggeration or fabrication of psychological disturbance. Sensitivity-specificity analyses are included along with suggestions for use of the F(p) Scale with other validity scales. Cautions about setting single cutoff scores are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois, USA. s-rothke@nwu.edu
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Rothke
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jaffe
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Wetter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity