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Evaluating the Gold Standard: A Review and Meta-Analysis of the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms
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Green, Debbie; Rosenfeld, Barry – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS; Rogers, Bagby, & Dickens, 1992) is often touted as the gold standard of measures of feigning. This label likely arises in part out of the impressive accuracy rates reported in the extensive validation research that preceded its publication. However, since its publication, researchers not only…
Descriptors: Validity, Interviews, Meta Analysis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Utility of the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form) Validity Scales in Detecting Malingering in a Criminal Forensic Setting: A Known-Groups Design
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Sellbom, Martin; Toomey, Joseph A.; Wygant, Dustin B.; Kucharski, L. Thomas; Duncan, Scott – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The current study examined the utility of the recently released Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) validity scales to detect feigned psychopathology in a criminal forensic setting. We used a known-groups design with the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS;…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Criminals, Validity, Psychopathology
Are Community Studies of Psychological Trauma's Impact Accurate? A Study among Jews and Palestinians
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Hobfoll, Stevan E.; Canetti, Daphna; Hall, Brian J.; Brom, Danny; Palmieri, Patrick A.; Johnson, Robert J.; Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth; Galea, Sandro – Psychological Assessment, 2011
We evaluated the accuracy of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression (MD) diagnoses using brief assessment instruments conducted by phone. PTSD and MD were assessed by telephone interview in a randomly selected sample of Jewish and Palestinian residents of Jerusalem (N = 150) during a period of marked threat of terrorism and war.…
Descriptors: Jews, Arabs, Incidence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Malingering as a Categorical or Dimensional Construct: The Latent Structure of Feigned Psychopathology as Measured by the SIRS and MMPI-2
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Walters, Glenn D.; Rogers, Richard; Berry, David T. R.; Miller, Holly A.; Duncan, Scott A.; McCusker, Paul J.; Payne, Joshua W.; Granacher, Robert P., Jr. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The 6 nonoverlapping primary scales of the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) were subjected to taxometric analysis in a group of 1,211 criminal and civil examinees in order to investigate the latent structure of feigned psychopathology. Both taxometric procedures used in this study, mean above minus below a cut (MAMBAC) and maximum…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Psychopathology, Personality, Measures (Individuals)
The Structure of Childhood Disruptive Behaviors
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Martel, Michelle M.; Gremillion, Monica; Roberts, Bethan; von Eye, Alexander; Nigg, Joel T. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) frequently co-occur. Comorbidity of these 2 childhood disruptive behavior domains has not been satisfactorily explained at either a structural or etiological level. The current study evaluated a bifactor model, which allows for a "g" factor in addition to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Rating Scales, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Symptom Severity in Bilingual Hispanics as a Function of Clinician Ethnicity and Language of Interview.
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Malgady, Robert G.; Costantino, Giuseppe – Psychological Assessment, 1998
In this study, 148 Hispanic Americans with schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety disorders were interviewed in English, Spanish, or both. Hispanic clinicians rated symptoms more severely than did Anglo clinicians, and severity was rated highest in bilingual interviews, followed by Spanish, and lowest in English. Implications for diagnosis and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests