Normative data for the F(p) scale of the MMPI-2: implications for clinical and forensic assessment of malingering.
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.
Rothke
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois, USA. s-rothke@nwu.edu
Friedman
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Jaffe
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Greene
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Wetter
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Cole
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Baker
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D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity