title: The relationship between malingerers' intelligence and MMPI-2 knowledge and their ability to avoid detection.
abstract: One of the most frequently administered psychometrics is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Occasionally, those participants taking the MMPI-2 will malinger or exaggerate their symptoms. Several malingering detection devices are available, and a significant body of literature exists concerning their efficacy. However, little research is available considering those factors that facilitate successfully evading detection as a malingerer. Some of these studies have identified general intelligence and knowledge of the MMPI-2 as key variables in the likelihood of escaping detection as a malingerer. The extant research considered the utility of general intelligence and knowledge of the MMPI-2 as predictors in avoiding detection as a malingerer. To detect malingering, the two traditional detection devices were employed: the F-Scale and the F - K Index. Results indicate that intelligence and MMPI-2 knowledge contribute significantly to the likelihood of successfully escaping detection as a malingerer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminal Justice, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA.
authors.forename: William V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Pelfrey
mesh_terms: D001076:Aptitude; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008014:Lie Detection; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires