Response Bias in Self-Reported History of Plaintiffs Compared with Nonlitigating Patients

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ID13650611
AuthorsPaul R Lees‐Haley (corresponding author), Paul R Lees-Haley (Lees-Haley Psychological Corporation, Woodland Hills, California), Christopher W Williams (0000-0002-6086-7859, Lees-Haley Psychological Corporation, Woodland Hills, California), Lue T English (Lees-Haley Psychological Corporation, Woodland Hills, California)
Year1996
Volume79
Issue3
Pages811-818
Publication date1996-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1996.79.3.811
PMID8969087
OpenAlexW2035060606
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

Response bias refers to systematic error in the data produced by patients or research subjects, e.g., due to erroneous recall or reporting. In forensic settings, response bias appears to be associated with the nature of the proceedings. The present study tested whether patients in litigation exhibit different response patterns than nonlitigating patients when asked about their preinjury problems. 34 litigants and 80 nonlitigants rated various areas of cognitive and emotional functioning as problematic in the past and currently. The primary finding was that plaintiffs reported pre-injury functioning superior to that of controls. These findings suggest the need for caution in inferences that litigants are either reliable or deceitful because response biases may affect self-reports in a misleading fashion

Affect (linguistics · Cognition · Cognitive bias · Cognitive psychology · Plaintiff · Psychiatry · Recall · Recall bias · Response bias · Clinical Psychology · Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology

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