Citation

Boskovic I, Merten T, Merckelbach H. Psychol. Inj. Law 2021; 14(2): 127-133.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12207-021-09409-x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Some self-report symptom validity tests, such as the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI), rely on a detection strategy that uses bizarre, extreme, or very rare symptoms. Thus, items are constructed to invite respondents with an invalid response style to affirm pseudosymptoms that are usually not experienced by genuine patients. However, these pseudosymptoms should not be easily recognizable, because otherwise sophisticated over-reporters could strategically avoid them and go undetected. Therefore, we tested how well future psychology professionals were able to differentiate between genuine complaints and pseudosymptoms in terms of their plausibility and prevalence.

Language: en

Keywords

Feigning; Malingering; Overreporting; Plausibility; Pseudosymptoms; Self-Report Symptom Inventory