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Psychometric detection of fabricated symptoms of combat‐related post‐traumatic stress disorder: A systematic replication
Author(s) -
McCaffrey Robert J.,
BellamyCampbell Roxanne
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198901)45:1<76::aid-jclp2270450111>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - traumatic stress , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , discriminant function analysis , replication (statistics) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , discriminant validity , psychometrics , medicine , personality , internal consistency , social psychology , virology , machine learning , computer science
Vietnam veterans with post‐traumatic stress disorder ( n = 11) and two other groups of Vietnam veterans ( n = 24) instructed to fabricate symptoms of post‐traumatic stress disorder completed the MMPI. A discriminant function analysis that used scale F and the post‐traumatic stress disorder subscale correctly classified 91% of the subjects. This systematic replication supports the utility of the MMPI as a component in evaluating the validity of selfreported symptoms of post‐traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans.