Effectiveness of the MMPI-2 validity indicators in the detection of defensive responding in clinical and nonclinical samples.

Robert Michael Bagby · Richard Rogers · Tom Buis · Mary V. Seeman · Neil A. Rector

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Psychological Testing and Assessment Psychometric Methodologies and Testing Deception detection and forensic psychology

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In this study, patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (n = 38) who had previously completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory—2 (MMPI-2) by responding honestly were asked to complete it again with instructions to conceal their symptoms. A student group (n = 49) followed similar instructions. Under instructions to fake good, both students and patients were able to produce clinical profiles that were significantly less pathological. The Other-Deception and Superlative Scales were best at distinguishing fake-good and honest profiles in the student sample. The Edwards Social Desirability Scale and the L scale were best at distinguishin g fake-good and honest profiles in the patient sample. The Wiggins Social Desirability scale was best at distinguishing honestly responding students from patients faking good.

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