@article{ref1,
title="Neurosis and conscious symptom exaggeration: its differentiation by the Illness Behaviour Questionnaire",
journal="Journal of psychosomatic research",
year="1984",
author="Clayer, J. R. and Bookless, Clara and Ross, M. W.",
volume="28",
number="3",
pages="237-241",
abstract="In an attempt to develop an instrument to differentiate conscious exaggerators of symptoms from normals and neurotics, the Illness Behaviour Questionnaire (IBQ) was administered to 164 members of a public utility, half of whom were instructed to fill it out as conscious exaggerators, and 82 individuals who presented at a hospital pain clinic with pain considered to be neurotically determined. Four IBQ subscales differentiated the three groups, and a new 21-item scale (CE-scale) was developed which achieved wide separation between the conscious exaggerators, neurotics and normals. It is suggested that the CE-scale may have considerable utility in assessing conscious exaggerators and compensation neurotics, and that further studies should assess its predictive value.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3999",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}