Effect of Symptom Information and Intelligence in Dissimulation : An Examination of Faking Response Styles by Inmates on the Basic Personality Inventory
Assessment, Vol. 14, No. 1, 22-34 (2007)
http://asm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/14/1/22
Jarrod S. Steffan ; Daryl G. Kroner ; Robert D. Morgan
"This study employed the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI) to differentiate various types of dis-simulation, including malingered psychopathology and faking good, by inmates. In particular, the role of intelligence in utilizing symptom information to successfully malinger was examined. Unlike symptom information, intelligence evidenced some support for increasing inmates’ effectiveness in malingering, although there was no relationship between higher intelligence and using symptom information to successfully evade detection. Overall, the BPI was more effective in detecting malingered psychopathology than faking good. Implications for the detection of dissimulation in correctional and forensic settings are discussed." [Sub required]