title: The comparative capacity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) validity scales to detect suspected malingering in a disability claimant sample.
abstract: The current study expands on past research examining the comparative capacity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; Butcher et al., 2001) and MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011) overreporting validity scales to detect suspected malingering, as assessed by the Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST; Miller, 2001), in a sample of public insurance disability claimants (N = 742) who were considered to have potential incentives to malinger. Results provide support for the capacity of both the MMPI-2 and the MMPI-2-RF overreporting validity scales to predict suspected malingering of psychopathology. The MMPI-2-RF overreporting validity scales proved to be modestly better predictors of suspected psychopathology malingering-compared with the MMPI-2 overreporting scales-in dimensional predictive models and categorical classification accuracy analyses. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chmielewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University.
authors.forename: Jiani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, California State University.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burchett
authors.affiliation: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
authors.forename: Alison S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bury
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto.
authors.forename: R Michael
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bagby
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results