Abstract
This study examined the utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory—2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) validity
scales for detecting feigning and exaggeration of attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) among college students. Under
a simulation study design, participants with and without ADHD were assigned to perform honestly or to feign or exaggerate
deficits related to ADHD while completing self-report symptom inventories. Participants instructed to feign produced symptom
profiles similar to honest clinical profiles and more severe than honest nonclinical profiles. Participants with ADHD instructed
to exaggerate produced less severe profiles than those instructed to feign and more severe profiles than clinical controls.
MMPI-2-RF scale Fp-r showed potential for use in malingered ADHD detection at a revised cut score, which was significantly
lower than the cut score suggested in the test manual; use of the revised cut score will require further validation. Scales
F-r, Fs, and FBS-r did not classify well, but should be assessed in future studies of malingered ADHD. Detection of exaggeration
was consistently poorer than detection of feigning.
scales for detecting feigning and exaggeration of attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) among college students. Under
a simulation study design, participants with and without ADHD were assigned to perform honestly or to feign or exaggerate
deficits related to ADHD while completing self-report symptom inventories. Participants instructed to feign produced symptom
profiles similar to honest clinical profiles and more severe than honest nonclinical profiles. Participants with ADHD instructed
to exaggerate produced less severe profiles than those instructed to feign and more severe profiles than clinical controls.
MMPI-2-RF scale Fp-r showed potential for use in malingered ADHD detection at a revised cut score, which was significantly
lower than the cut score suggested in the test manual; use of the revised cut score will require further validation. Scales
F-r, Fs, and FBS-r did not classify well, but should be assessed in future studies of malingered ADHD. Detection of exaggeration
was consistently poorer than detection of feigning.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-12
- DOI 10.1007/s12207-011-9100-9
- Authors
- Jordan P. Harp, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
- Lindsey J. Jasinski, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
- Anne L. Shandera-Ochsner, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
- Lisa H. Mason, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
- David T. R. Berry, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
- Journal Psychological Injury and Law
- Online ISSN 1938-9728
- Print ISSN 1938-971X