NDLI: Detecting Feigned PTSD Using the Personality Assessment Inventory

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Author	Thomas, Katherine M. Hopwood, Christopher J. Orlando, Mathew J. Weathers, Frank W. McDevitt Murphy, Meghan E.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Research generally supports the use of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey 1991) to detect feigned PTSD, although this support has been somewhat mixed. There is also evidence that coaching individuals on the presence of PAI validity indicators may not affect their ability to avoid detection as feigners (Bagby et al. in Journal of Personality Assessment 78:69–86, 2002), although this question has not been specifically addressed with regard to PTSD. Additionally, a new PAI validity indicator, the Negative Distortion Scale (NDS), was developed that may have utility in detecting feigned PTSD, but this has not been tested. The purpose of this study was to further test the operating characteristics of the PAI validity indicators to detect feigned PTSD among naïve and coached respondents and to examine the newly developed NDS for this purpose. Individuals with genuine PTSD were compared to individuals instructed to feign PTSD on PAI validity indicators. Results suggest that: (a) coaching had minimal influence on the ability of the PAI to detect feigned PTSD, (b) the PAI validity indicators all significantly differentiated genuine from feigned PTSD, and (c) the NIM and NDS indicators were particularly effective for detecting feigned PTSD.
Starting Page	192
Ending Page	201
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1938971X
Journal	Psychological Injury and Law
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	3-4
e-ISSN	19389728
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-11-24
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Feigning Personality Assessment Inventory Validity indicators PTSD Simulation study Law and Psychology Clinical Psychology Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Law Psychiatry and Mental Health

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