Malingering Traumatic Mental Disorder on the Beck Depression Inventory
Cancerphobia and Toxic Exposure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13669724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul R Lees‐Haley (corresponding author), Paul R Lees-Haley (Los Angeles, California) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 623-626 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1989.65.2.623 |
| PMID | 2798678 |
| OpenAlex | W2018072744 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
The revised Beck Depression Inventory is widely used to measure severity of depression, and it is often used in personal injury litigation as evidence of trauma. However, the potential vulnerability of the inventory to malingering has not been assessed. of a group of 52 untrained volunteers, 96% were able to fake depression on the inventory and 58% successfully faked extremely severe depression. Users are cautioned against treating Beck's inventory as a literal measuring instrument in contexts where manipulation of responses is a potential issue
Anxiety · Beck Depression Inventory · Computer security · Depression (economics · Malingering · Psychiatry · Vulnerability (computing · Clinical Psychology · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Traumatic Brain Injury Research
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 2003 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |