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Association Of The Mmpi-2 Restructured Form (Mmpi-2-Rf) Validity Scales With Structured Malingering Criteria, Dustin Wygant, Jaime Anderson, Leslie Allgeier, Jesica Rapier, Martin Sellbom, Robert Granacher

Dustin B. Wygant

The current study examined the validity scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath and Tellegen 2008) in relation to the structured malingering criteria developed to assess malingered neurocognitive dysfunction and pain-related disability. These criteria examined a sample of 251 individuals undergoing compensation-seeking evaluations, who completed a battery of response bias measures. The MMPI-2-RF over-reporting scales yielded large effect sizes in contrasting those in the probable/definite malingering groups from the incentive only groups. The largest effects were found for the Infrequent Responses and Gervais et al. (Assessment, 14, 196–208, 2007) Response Bias Scale, an experimental scale that …