Effectiveness of NEO-PI-R research validity scales for discriminating analog malingering and genuine psychopathology.
We investigated the research validity scales for the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R) proposed by Schinka, Kinder, and Kremer (1997): Positive Presentation Management (PPM) and Negative Presentation Management (NPM). Additionally, an experimental analog to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2's (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) F-K index was calculated by subtracting the raw score on PPM from the raw score on NPM (NPM-PPM). In 2 studies, all indexes showed significant between-group differences when samples of analog malingerers (n = 97) were contrasted with psychiatric outpatients (n = 272). The sensitivity and specificity of these validity indexes indicated that although none performed well in extremely low base rate environments, the NPM and NPM-PPM indexes showed promise when the base rate of faking bad rose to higher levels.
Berry
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Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0044, USA. dtrb@pop.uky.edu
Bagby
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Smerz
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Rinaldo
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Caldwell-Andrews
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Baer
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011599:Psychopathology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results