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Use of MCMI subtle and obvious subscales to detect faking
Author(s) -
Wierzbicki Michael
Publication year - 1993
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(199311)49:6<809::aid-jclp2270490608>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - millon clinical multiaxial inventory , psychology , psychopathology , test validity , scale (ratio) , malingering , psychometrics , clinical psychology , social psychology , personality , personality disorders , physics , quantum mechanics
College students ( N = 241) completed the MCMI under different instructional sets. An index of differential endorsement of subtle and obvious MCMI items was found to discriminate more strongly than the MCMI Validity Scale between subjects instructed to answer honestly and subjects instructed to fake good, fake bad, or portray specific forms of psychopathology. In addition, differential endorsement of subtle and obvious items on MCMI subscales tended to discriminate more strongly than the MCMI Validity Scale between subjects instructed to answer honestly and subjects instructed to portray the forms of psychopathology assessed by the subscales. The use of the subtle‐obvious distinction to assess the validity of the MCMI is discussed.