Are patients with chronic pain and fibromyalgia correctly classified by MMPI-2 validity scales and indexes?

Pol, Alfonso Luis Palmer; Borrás, Carmen; Pérez-Pareja, Javier; Sesé, Albert; Vázquez, Manuel Vilariño

doi:10.5093/ejpalc2013a1

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“…Amado et al (2015) have shown the utility of three statistics for forensic practice: U1, Binomial Effect Size Display (BESD), and Probability Superiority (PS). Thus, these were computed to derive the measures on the effectiveness of the scales and indexes for detecting defensiveness over the natural tendency for defensiveness i.e., responding defensively even with nothing to hide or to give a positive presentation (Osuna et al, 2015, Palmer et al, 2013).…”

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A meta-analytic review of the MMPI validity scales and indexes to detect defensiveness in custody evaluations

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Redondo

Seijo

et al. 2017

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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Background/Objective: In child custody disputes, one of the remit of the forensic psychologist is to evaluate parental attributes while suspecting defensiveness. The instrument of choice for undertaking this double task is the MMPI. Method: As to establish the state of the art on this, a meta-analysis was undertaken with a total of 32 primary studies from which 256 effect sizes were assessed. A meta-analysis was undertaken, effect sizes were corrected for sampling error and criterion unreliability. Results: The results revealed a positive, significant, large and generalizable mean true effect size for the L, K, S and MP scales, and the L + K and L + K-F indexes. The Wsd was positive, significant and large, but not generalizable. A negative and significant, but not generalizable mean true effect size was found for the F and generalizable for F–K index. The effect sizes for the L, K, S and MP scales, and the L + K and L + K-F indexes were equal. Both the gender of parents (father vs. mother) and the context of evaluation (parent child custody disputes vs. parenting capacity) were assessed as moderators. Conclusions: The results are discussed in relation to forensic practice.

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A meta-analytic review of the MMPI validity scales and indexes to detect defensiveness in custody evaluations

Rivera

Redondo

Seijo

et al. 2017

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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“…Participants were informed of the objective of the study, the importance in collaborating with honest responses was underscored, and they were assured their data would remain anonymous and confidential. Finally, participants were debriefed and interviewed to ascertain the degree of motivation and implication in the task through the recall and comprehension of instructions, and by ensuring participants had understood and performed the task correctly ( Palmer et al, 2013 , Rogers, 2008 ). The results confirmed the correct execution: concordance with the clinical diagnosis registered in medical records, there were no cases of unwillingness to cooperate with the evaluation, outliers , or patterns of completely random or extremely acquiescent responses.…”

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Analysis of response patterns on the MMPI-2 in psychiatric prison inmates

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López-Martínez

Fernández

et al. 2015

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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In order to assess mental health status, and the classification of both the overreporting and underreporting scales and indexes, 102 psychiatric prison inmates deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial completed the Spanish adaptation of the MMPI-2 under standard instructions (honest responding). The results showed patterns of consistent, non-random, nor extremely acquiescent responses. Moreover, no-outlier responses were detected. In line with the psychiatric diagnosis, all the psychiatric prison inmates were classified by the basic clinical scales as clinical cases of the psychotic dyad i.e., schizophrenia and paranoid ideation. The overreporting scales and indexes (i.e., F, K, Fb, F-K, Fp, Ds and FBS) classified the participants as malingerers, whereas the L, Wsd, and Od underreporting scales as good feigners. These scales assessing impression management i.e., consciously faking good biased responses, did not classify overreporters. Thus, they are robust indicators of honest responding among psychiatric prison inmates. The implications of these results for the practice of forensic psychology are discussed.

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“…Por ello, se recomienda la combinación de ambos tipos de análisis (American Psychiatric Association, 2014;Arce, Fariña, Carballal, y Novo, 2006;Palmer, Borrás, Pérez-Pareja, Sesé, y Vilariño, 2013).…”

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Perfilando los consumidores de cannabis que autocultivan a pequeña escala

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Resumen: El cannabis es la sustancia ilícita más consumida a nivel mundial, con una prevalencia estimada entre el 2.8 y el 5.0% de la población adulta. El auge del consumo de cannabis ha llevado a un aumento en el cultivo para el propio consumo. Como consecuencia, nos planteamos un estudio de campo con el objetivo de contrastar si consumidores con y sin autocultivo se diferencian en el perfil sociodemográfico, patrones de consumo, riesgo de consumo problemático, dependencia, y síntomas y trastornos asociados. Para ello, 761 consumidores de cannabis, 480 hombres y 281 mujeres, de los cuales 251 autocultivaban para su consumo (182 hombres y 69 mujeres), con edades comprendidas entre los 18 y 60 años (M = 26.36, DT = 5.68), respondieron a un cuestionario sociodemográfico y de patrones de consumo, a escalas de medida del consumo problemático de cannabis, dependencia del cannabis, abuso del cannabis, y de dependencia de la nicotina y del alcohol. Los resultados mostraron que el autocultivo es característico mayoritariamente de los varones, con bajo nivel académico y laboralmente activos. Asimismo, la práctica del autocultivo se relaciona con un mayor consumo de cannabis, una mayor implicación en la venta ilegal del producto, policonsumo y con problemáticas psicosociales derivadas de dicho consumo. Adicionalmente, los que autocultivan informan de mayores niveles de dependencia y de riesgo de consumo problemático de cannabis. Se discuten las implicaciones para la prevención y tratamiento de los trastornos por consumo de cannabis. Palabras clave: autocultivo; cannabis; consumo; dependencia; consumo problemático.Title: Profiling small scale domestic grower cannabis users. Abstract: Cannabis is the most widely used worldwide drug with prevalence between 2.8 and 5.0% of the adult population. Increasing use of cannabis has carried out to an escalation in home growing for selfconsumption. As a consequence, a field study to contrast if the domestic cannabis growers exhibited a different sociodemographic profile, a consumption pattern, a problematic use risk, dependence level, as well as on the clinical symptoms and related disorders, was designed. As for this, 761 cannabis users, 480 males and 281 females, of whom 251 were homegrowers for personal use (182 males and 69 females), with ages ranging from 18 to 60 years (M = 26.36, SD = 5.68), answered to a sociodemohgraphic and consumption pattern questionnaire, and to cannabis problematic use, cannabis dependence, cannabis abuse, and nicotine and alcohol dependence scales. The results showed that homegrowers are mostly males, with low academic training and working. Moreover, homegrowers have a higher cannabis consumption rates, are more implied in cannabis selling, polysubstance use, and with more psychosocial problem driven from cannabis use. Finally, homegrowers inform of higher problematic cannabis use and a higher level of cannabis dependence. The implications of the results for prevention police, and treatment of the cannabis use disorder are discussed. Key words: homegrow...

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Are patients with chronic pain and fibromyalgia correctly classified by MMPI-2 validity scales and indexes?

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

A meta-analytic review of the MMPI validity scales and indexes to detect defensiveness in custody evaluations

A meta-analytic review of the MMPI validity scales and indexes to detect defensiveness in custody evaluations

Analysis of response patterns on the MMPI-2 in psychiatric prison inmates

Perfilando los consumidores de cannabis que autocultivan a pequeña escala

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