Effect of Symptom Information and Intelligence in Dissimulation: An Examination of Faking Response Styles by Inmates on the Basic Personality Inventory  

Oleh:

Steffan, Jarrod S. ; Kroner, Daryl G. ; Morgan, Robert D.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Assessment vol. 14 no. 1 (Mar. 2007), page 22-34.
Topik: malingering; intelligence; forensic evaluation; inmates; faking good; coaching; diagnostic efficiency
Fulltext: 22.pdf (115.18KB)

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This study employed the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI) to differentiate various types of dissimulation, including malingered psychopathology and faking good, by inmates. In particular, the role of intelligence in utilizing symptom information to successfully malinger was examined. On admission to a correctional facility, 161 inmates completed the BPI under standard instructions and then again under instructions to fake good (n= 55) or to malinger psychotic (n = 35), posttraumatic stress disorder (n = 36), or somatoform (n = 35) psychopathology. Unlike symptom information, intelligence evidenced some support for increasing inmates’ effectiveness in malingering, although there was no relationship between higher intelligence and using symptom information to successfully evade detection. Overall, the BPI was more effective in detecting malingered psychopathology than faking good. Implications for the detection of dissimulation in correctional and forensic settings are discussed.

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