Detection of faking bad with the MMPI-A among adolescents with behavioral problems
The effectiveness of the Minnesota Personality Inventory - Adolescent Version (MMPI-A; Butcher, Williams, Graham, Archer, Tellegen, Ben-Porath, & Kaemmer, 1992) validity scales for discriminating between youths instructed to respond normally or to fake bad was evaluated using 29 adolescents in a Suspension Alternatives Program. Each completed the MMPI-A twice, once under standard instructions and again under instructions to fake psychopathology. Results indicated that validity measures typically used to detect malingering—the Infrequency Scale (F), Infrequency subscales 1 and 2 (F1, F 2), and the Dissimulation Index (F–K)—effectively differentiated between the two conditions. The recently developed Infrequency Psychopathology Scale for the MMPI-A (Fp-A; McGrath, Pogge, Stein, Graham, Zaccario, & Piacentini, 2000) also significantly discriminated between groups. The incremental validity of the Fp-A scale was explored by comparing its performance to those of F and F–K. Results indicated that Fp-A significantly improved the prediction of faking bad when added to F and to F–K. These findings replicate the results of the Fp-A developmental study, in which it was found that Fp-A modestly enhanced the ability to identify overreporting. Research and clinical implications are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)
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Anna C Rivera
(2006)
Detection of faking bad with the MMPI-A among adolescents with behavioral problems
PhD thesis.