Risk of False Positives When Identifying Malingered Profiles Using the Trauma Symptom Inventory
| Autor: | Gerald M. Rosen, J. Randall Price, Craig N. Sawchuk, Milton Z. Brown, David C. Atkins, Paul R. Lees-Haley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
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Male Malingering Self-Assessment medicine.medical_specialty Deception Psychometrics Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Falso positivo Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Predictive Value of Tests Surveys and Questionnaires medicine False positive paradox Humans False Positive Reactions Significant risk Psychiatry medicine.disease Clinical Psychology Posttraumatic stress Regression Analysis Female Psychology Anxiety disorder |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Personality Assessment. 86:329-333 |
| ISSN: | 1532-7752 0022-3891 |
| Popis: | The Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI; Briere, 1995) is a 100-item self-report measure of posttraumatic symptomatology that includes an Atypical Response (ATR) validity scale designed to differentiate honest from malingered profiles. In this study, using an analogue design to experimentally manipulate honest and malingered responses on the TSI, we found that proposed ATR cut scores produce a significant risk of false positives. Furthermore, the functioning of proposed cut scores worsened when we used posttraumatic stress disorder relevant samples and low estimates of malingering base rates. In light of these findings, the TSI should be used with caution when assessing claims of posttraumatic stress in forensic or disability settings. |
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