An emotional Stroop effect to malingering-related words.
This study was designed to elicit an emotional Stroop effect in simulators of malingering. Student participants (mostly women) either did or did not feign mild brain trauma. A modified Stroop test was administered, using neutral and "malingering" words. Controls showed no difference on malingering versus neutral words; simulators performed significantly worse on malingering words. Further research must specify the best method of administration to elicit a malingering Stroop effect and assess the additional discriminative power it may provide when combined with other malingering-detection strategies.
Cannon
Brooke J
BJ
Department of Psychology and Counseling, Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509, USA. cannonb@marywood.edu
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014825:Vocabulary