Detecting coached feigning using the test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and the structured inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) | Zendy

Jelicic Marko | Zendy; Ceunen Erik | Zendy; Peters Maarten J.V. | Zendy; Merckelbach Harald | Zendy

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Detecting coached feigning using the test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and the structured inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS)

Author(s) -

Jelicic Marko,

Ceunen Erik,

Peters Maarten J.V.,

Merckelbach Harald

Publication year - 2011

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/jclp.20805

Subject(s) - malingering , psychology , test (biology) , psychometrics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , biology , paleontology

Undergraduate students were administered the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and the Structured Inventory of the Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) and asked to respond honestly, or instructed to feign cognitive dysfunction due to head injury. Before both instruments were administered, symptom‐coached feigners were provided with some information about brain injury, while feigners who received a mix of symptom‐coaching and test‐coaching were given the same information plus advice on how to defeat symptom validity tests. Results show that, although the accuracy of both instruments appears to be somewhat reduced by a mix of symptom coaching and test coaching, the TOMM and SIMS are relatively resistant to different kinds of coaching. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:1–6, 2011.

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