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Nicholson, Robert A.; Mouton, Glenn J.; Bagby, R. Michael; Buis, Tom; Peterson, Stephanie A.; Buigas, Rudy A. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to evaluate 11 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) indicators of response distortion using 343 college students, some of whom simulated malingering or defensive responding, 181 forensic psychiatric patients, and 95 other psychiatric patients. Results show the usefulness…
Descriptors: College Students, Criminals, Defense Mechanisms, Higher Education