ERIC Number: EJ751231
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Dec
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Screening for Malingering in a Criminal-Forensic Sample with the Personality Assessment Inventory
Boccaccini, Marcus T.; Murrie, Daniel C.; Duncan, Scott A.
Psychological Assessment, v18 n4 p415-423 Dec 2006
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 = 81T). 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 = 95T), supporting the use of either of these indices as reasonable screening measures to identify potential malingerers for subsequent evaluation.
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Assessment, Justice, Cutting Scores, Ethology, Screening Tests, Federal Courts, Court Litigation, Psychometrics, Methods Research, Deception, Criminal Law
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; Personality Assessment Inventory
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