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Does the Disorder Matter? Investigating a Moderating Effect on Coached Noncredible Overreporting Using the MMPI-2 and PAI
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Veltri, Carlo O. C.; Williams, John E. – Assessment, 2013
The use of psychological tests to help identify the noncredible overreporting of psychiatric disorders is a long-standing practice that has received considerable attention from researchers. The purpose of this study was to experimentally determine whether feigning specific psychiatric disorders moderated the influence of coaching on the detection…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Mental Disorders, Coaching (Performance), Undergraduate Students
Development of Abbreviated Nine-Item Forms of the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices Test
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Bilker, Warren B.; Hansen, John A.; Brensinger, Colleen M.; Richard, Jan; Gur, Raquel E.; Gur, Ruben C. – Assessment, 2012
The Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) is a 60-item test for measuring abstract reasoning, considered a nonverbal estimate of fluid intelligence, and often included in clinical assessment batteries and research on patients with cognitive deficits. The goal was to develop and apply a predictive model approach to reduce the number of items…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Abstract Reasoning, Test Items, Test Construction
A Five-Factor Measure of Schizotypal Personality Traits
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Edmundson, Maryanne; Lynam, Donald R.; Miller, Joshua D.; Gore, Whitney L.; Widiger, Thomas A. – Assessment, 2011
The current study provides convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity data for a new measure of schizotypy from the perspective of the five-factor model (FFM) of general personality structure. Nine schizotypy scales were constructed as maladaptive variants of respective facets of the FFM (e.g., Aberrant Ideas as a maladaptive variant of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Validity, Personality Measures, Measures (Individuals)
Diagnostic Construct Validity of MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Scale Scores
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Sellbom, Martin; Bagby, R. Michael; Kushner, Shauna; Quilty, Lena C.; Ayearst, Lindsay E. – Assessment, 2012
In the current investigation, the authors examined the diagnostic construct validity of the "Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form" (MMPI-2-RF) in a patient sample. All participants were diagnosed via the "Structured Clinical Interview" for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I/P). The data set used in this…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Construct Validity, Clinical Diagnosis, Personality Traits
Affect Traits in Differential Diagnosis of Anxiety, Depressive, and Schizophrenic Disorders Using the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised.
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Lubin, Bernard; Van Whitlock, Rodney; Zuckerman, Marvin – Assessment, 1998
The effectiveness of the affect trait scales of the revised Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL-R) (M. Zuckerman and B. Lubin, 1985) in differentiating anxiety, mood, and schizophrenic disorders was studied with 185 psychiatric patients and 185 matched comparisons. Results indicate that the MAACL-R is valid for both global and specific…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Classification, Depression (Psychology)
The Performance of Schizophrenics on Three Cognitive Tests of Malingering, Rey 15-Item Memory Test, Rey Dot Counting, and Hiscock Forced-Choice Method.
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Back, Carla; Boone, Kyle Brauer; Edwards, Carol; Parks, Carlton; Burgoyne, Karl; Silver, Barbara – Assessment, 1996
The performance of 30 schizophrenic patients on three tests designed to detect malingering of cognitive symptoms was studied using the Rey 15-Item Test (A. Rey, 1964), the Rey Dot Counting Test (A. Rey, 1941 ), and the Hiscock Forced Choice Method (L. Pankratz, 1983). No test score was significantly related to psychiatric impairment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Emotional Disturbances, Patients, Schizophrenia
Construct Validity of Neuropsychological Tests in Schizophrenia.
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Allen, Daniel N.; Aldarondo, Felito; Goldstein, Gerald; Huegel, Stephen G.; Gilbertson, Mark; van Kammen, Daniel P. – Assessment, 1998
The construct validity of neuropsychological tests in patients with schizophrenia was studied with 39 patients who were evaluated with a battery of six tests assessing attention, memory, and abstract reasoning abilities. Results support the construct validity of the neuropsychological tests in patients with schizophrenia. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attention, Construct Validity, Memory, Neuropsychology