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The Detection of Neuropsychological Malingering
The present study compared the responses of a group of simulating malingerers who were offered a monetary incentive to feign symptoms of a head injury, with the responses of head injured groups both with and without litigation, a forensic parole group, and an honest-responding control group. The …
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A Review of Malingering Measures in Psychology
<p>Malingering describes the act of feigning physical or psychological symptoms for external gain, which may include exaggerating symptoms on psychological testing. Thus, standardized measures are needed to detect malingering and invalid responses for accurate interpretation of test results. This …
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The Assessment of Malingering Within Forensic Populations
… literature review examines the assessment of malingering in adult forensic populations with a focus on recent applications of measures for identifying feigned psychiatric symptoms. Although a large amount of research on malingering assessment exists, such a review is needed given the limited …
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College students' perceptions of malingering attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
… and how those behaviors are demonstrated when malingering the disorder. Participants in this study were neurotypical college students and those with a valid ADHD diagnosis. Half of the neurotypical participants were instructed to malinger ADHD on all study assessments. Participants who were …
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The Detection of ADHD and Malingering in Young Adults
… concern that a proportion of these adults may be malingering the symptoms of ADHD to receive external incentives such as academic accommodations and stimulant medications. Research supports the use of well-validated measures to classify malingering in non-ADHD populations, yet all available …
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Identification Of Stimulant Misuse And Malingering Of Symptoms Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… behavioral self-reported scale, the Subtle ADHD Malingering Screener (SAMS), for use in the primary care setting to identify malingering among individuals reporting symptoms of ADHD, and compared the sensitivity of the SAMS to other existing scales. The first paper identified two latent classes …
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Qualitative scoring procedures for the detection of malingering using the Wechsler Memory Scale - Third Edition
Individuals undergoing neuropsychological evaluation are often involved in litigation for compensation. Consequently, much incentive to perform poorly on neuropsychological assessments exists. Thus, sophisticated detection methods are desirable. One promising approach may be to utilize qualitative …
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Latent Class Analysis of Malingering Classifications Using Performance and Symptom Validity Measures in a Civil Forensic Setting
… identify patterns of invalid responding (i.e., malingering) in an archival sample of civil forensic litigants. A latent clustering approach was used to create profiles comprised of the response patterns from validity measures of different domains including three performance validity tests (PVT), …
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Malingering of mild closed head injury sequelae with the neuropsychological symptom inventory : a study of the effect of prior knowledge
… to offer an opinion whether there is evidence of malingering. Factors that impact the ability of a person to intentionally portray impairment are quite important since mis-diagnosis of malingering can result in delayed treatment. In this study knowledge of the sequelae of mild CHI was provided to …
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Exploring Visual Attention Patterns of Adults With Reported Adhd, Without Adhd, and Those With Malingering Adhd Symptoms
… Previous literature establishes a base rate for malingering to be between 22-47% in adult ADHD evaluations (Sullivan, 2007; Suhr et al., 2008; Marshall et al., 2010). However, those faking or exaggerating ADHD can go unnoticed on self-report measures. There are limited studies that have …
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The Assessment of Malingering by Proxy in the Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with the Conners 3
… (ADHD). This was accomplished by using a malingering simulation experimental design whereby a group of parents, whose children did not have a diagnosis of ADHD, were entreated to simulate symptoms of ADHD on the Conners 3. Their simulated reports were then compared to the responses of …
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Detecting Malingering on the MMPI-2: An Examination of the Utility of Combining the Validity Scales in a Non-Compensatory Model
… a combination of validity scales to detect malingering of a psychotic disorder in a non-compensatory model would be more or less effective than using only a select few of the validity scales in a compensatory model. The results supported the use of the specified validity scales (F, Fb, Fp, F …
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Assessing Differential Item Functioning Across Clinical and Community Samples in the Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test
Assessment of malingering is a central component of forensic evaluations in criminal as well as civil litigation contexts. As such, there is a need for empirically sound measures of malingering to accurately identify individuals who may be feigning symptoms for personal gain. The detection of …
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Validation of the Memory Attention Concentration Evaluation
… a number of steps to examine a client's claim of malingering, including the use of standardized measures (Binder, 2002). Psychometric testing is available to assist with the evaluation for malingering. The Portland Digit Recognition Test (PORT; Binder & Willis, 1991) has been found to be a valid …
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A Multi-Method Assessment Approach to the Detection of Malingered Pain: Association with the MMPI-2 Restructured Form
… ranging from incentive only to definite malingering. Malingering classification was found to have a significant effect on MMPI-2-RF over-reporting scales, particularly the RBS, Infrequent Symptoms Scale (F-r), and Infrequent Somatic Responses scale (Fs), which supports the use of the …
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Anxiety or advantage?: detecting malingered symptoms in college students seeking academic accommodations
… Participants were classified into probable GAD, malingering anxiety, or low GA control groups using a structured diagnostic interview and self-report measure. Participants completed working memory tasks (1-back and 3-back), a modified emotional Stroop task, and symptom validity tests. Malingering …
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Defining the Construct of Malingered PTSD in Civil Litigation: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis
… presentations. Current recommendations in malingering assessment encourage the use of multiple methods, including both symptom-validity and performance-validity based tests. Supporting these recommendations, findings from neuropsychological research with compensation-seeking patients with …
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Detecting Malingered Psychotic Symptoms With the Rorschach Projective Technique
… prosecution by appearing mentally ill, and the malingering of psychotic symptoms is of special concern in legal proceedings. Much research has been conducted to determine accurate methods to detect malingering. These include clinical interviews, structured personality tests, intelligence tests, …
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