ERIC Number: EJ1009469
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Apr
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1073-1911
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New and Improved? A Comparison of the Original and Revised Versions of the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms
Green, Debbie; Rosenfeld, Barry; Belfi, Brian
Assessment, v20 n2 p210-218 Apr 2013
The current study evaluated the accuracy of the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms, Second Edition (SIRS-2) in a criterion-group study using a sample of forensic psychiatric patients and a community simulation sample, comparing it to the original SIRS and to results published in the SIRS-2 manual. The SIRS-2 yielded an impressive specificity rate (94.3%) that exceeded that obtained using the original SIRS scoring method (92.0%) and approached that observed in the SIRS-2 normative data (97.5%). However, changes in scoring resulted in markedly lower sensitivity rates of the SIRS-2 (36.8% among forensic patients and 66.7% among simulators) compared with the SIRS (47.4% and 75.0%, respectively). The removal of the Total Score from the SIRS-2 further hindered identification of feigning. Analyses also evaluated the additive value of the new RS-Total and MT Index scales in the SIRS-2. Implications of these results for forensic psychologists are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Structured Interviews, Comparative Analysis, Patients, Simulation, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Mental Disorders, Scoring, Measures (Individuals), Identification, Scores, Reliability, Crime, Criminals, Statistical Analysis, Males
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Language: English
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