Consistency does not aid detection of feigned symptoms, overreporting does
| Autor: | Victoria Baillie, Harald Merckelbach, Lisette Zwaan, Irena Boskovic |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, RS: FPN CPS IV, Section Forensic Psychology |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Malingering
media_common.quotation_subject SRSI Stability (learning theory) Pain Presentation Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Consistency (negotiation) Symptom overreporting Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Consistency heuristic Psychology Feigning Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Applied Neuropsychology:Adult. Taylor and Francis Inc. Applied Neuropsychology-Adult, 29(6), 1458-1466. Taylor and Francis |
| ISSN: | 2327-9109 2327-9095 |
| Popis: | Practitioners always want to exclude the possibility that a patient is feigning symptoms. Some experts have suggested that an inconsistent symptom presentation across time (i.e., intraindividual variability) is indicative of feigning. We investigated how individuals with genuine pain-related symptoms (truth tellers; Study 1 n = 32; Study 2 n = 48) and people feigning such complaints (feigners; Study 1 n = 32; Study 2 n = 28) rated the intensity of their symptoms across a 5-day period. In both studies, feigners reported on all 5 days significantly higher symptom intensities than people with genuine complaints, but the two groups did not differ with regard to symptom (in)consistency. Thus, persistently inflated, rather than inconsistent, reports of symptom intensity over time are suggestive of feigning. The implications and limitations of our work are discussed. |
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