Poor symptom and performance validity in regularly referred Hospital outpatients: Link with standard clinical measures, and role of incentives
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- 作者：Brechje Dandachi-FitzGeralda ; b.fitzgerald@maastrichtuniversity.nl" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Bjö ; rn van Twillertb ; Peter van de Sandec ; Yindee van Osd ; Rudolf W.H.M. Pondsa
- 关键词：Symptom validity ; Performance validity ; Assessment ; Hospital outpatients ; Amsterdam Short-Term Memory test (ASTM) ; Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS)
- 刊名：Psychiatry Research
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：30 May 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：239
- 期：Complete
- 页码：47-53
- 全文大小：264 K
文摘
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We examine symptom and performance validity in psychological assessments of regularly referred hospital outpatients.
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Over-reporting of symptoms occurred in 12–19% in the main diagnostic groups.
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Morbid obese patients, screened for eligibility for gastric bypass surgery, had a low rate of symptom over-reporting (1%).
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Poor symptom and performance validity are related to performance on standard psychological measures.
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Standard incorporation of validity tests in clinical assessments of hospital outpatients is recommended.