Faculty Articles
Cross-Validation of the MMPI-2 in Detecting Malingered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Personality Assessment
ISSN
0022-3891
Publication Date
12-2000
Abstract
We attempted to cross-validate findings from a previous study (Elhai, Gold, Sellers, & Dorfman, in press) using a clinical sample of combat-related war veterans to distinguish genuine from malingered posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the MMPI-2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989). The MMPI-2 scores of 124 male combat war veterans at the PTSD outpatient treatment program of a Veterans Affairs Medical Center were compared with those of 84 adult college students instructed and trained to malinger PTSD. MMPI-2 overreporting variables examined were F, |F - Fb|, F - K, F(p), Ds², O-S, OT, and FBS. A stepwise discriminant analysis identified F, |F - Fb|, F - K, Ds², O-S, and OT as the best malingering predictors. A predictive discriminant analysis yielded good hit rates for the model with impressive cross-validation results. We assessed cutting scores for the predictors of the model. We discuss clinical implications for using the MMPI-2 to distinguish malingered PTSD from combat-related PTSD.
DOI
10.1207/S15327752JPA7503_06
Volume
75
Issue
3
First Page
449
Last Page
463
NSUWorks Citation
Elhai, J. D.,
Gold, P. B.,
Frueh, B. C.,
Gold, S. N.
(2000). Cross-Validation of the MMPI-2 in Detecting Malingered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Personality Assessment, 75(3), 449-463.
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