Screening for malingering in a criminal-forensic sample with the personality assessment inventory.
In this study, the authors examined how overreporting of psychopathology indices on the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; L. C. Morey, 1991) performed as screening measures for malingering in a sample of 166 defendants undergoing pretrial court-ordered evaluations in the federal criminal justice system. Using results from the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS; R. Rogers, R. M. Bagby, & S. E. Dickens, 1992) as the criterion measure of malingering, the authors found that the Negative Impression scale (NIM) was the most effective PAI screening measure (cut score > or = 81 T). NIM performed as well as an established comparison measure from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 (J. N. Butcher, W. G. Dahlstrom, J. R. Graham, A. Tellegen, & B. Kaemmer, 1989; Infrequency [F] cut score > or = 95 T), supporting the use of either of these indices as reasonable screening measures to identify potential malingerers for subsequent evaluation.
Boccaccini
Marcus T
MT
Psychology Department, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, USA. boccaccini@shsu.edu
Murrie
Daniel C
DC
Duncan
Scott A
SA
D000328:Adult; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044707:Forensic Sciences / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D012372:ROC Curve