The Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI): a New Instrument for the Assessment of Distorted Symptom Endorsement

Merten, Thomas; Merckelbach, Harald; Giger, Peter; Stevens, Andreas

doi:10.1007/s12207-016-9257-3

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“…Fourth, we did not apply the full version of the SRSI, as recommended by Merten et al . (); thus, a closer examination of detection accuracy was limited. Therefore, the findings concerning the SRSI subscales should be taken with caution and further tested using the whole SRSI.…”

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“…However, these atypical items are often obvious to the examinees, a shortcoming that diminishes the reliability of SIMS. Additionally, the SIMS includes items pertaining to complaints such as amnesia, psychosis, and low intelligence, which are frequent within the criminal context, but not in civil medico-legal setting (Merten, Merckelbach, Giger, & Stevens, 2016).…”

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“…Meanwhile, the pseudosymptoms scale taps into (1) cognitive/ memory complaints; (2) neurological motor; (3) neurological sensory issues; (4) pain; and (5) anxiety/depression/PTSD. Thus, each of the two main (genuine symptoms and pseudosymptoms) scales includes five subscales describing the most prevalent complaints within civil medico-legal context (Merten et al, 2016). Research to date suggests that the SRSI is a promising tool for detection of overreporting, with rates of detection above 77% (Merten et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, each of the two main (genuine symptoms and pseudosymptoms) scales includes five subscales describing the most prevalent complaints within civil medico-legal context (Merten et al, 2016). Research to date suggests that the SRSI is a promising tool for detection of overreporting, with rates of detection above 77% (Merten et al, 2016). However, the utility of the subscales alone, such as genuine and pseudosymptoms of anxietyrelated issues, has not been examined so far.…”

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Verify the scene, report the symptoms: Testing the Verifiability Approach and SRSI in the detection of fabricated PTSD claims

Bošković

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Bogaard

et al. 2019

Legal Criminol Psychol

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Purpose In order to effectively feign post‐traumatic stress disorder, a person needs to confabulate an exposure narrative and to fabricate symptoms of high distress. The Verifiability Approach (VA) is a lie‐detection method based on the notion that truth tellers’ narratives include more verifiable (checkable) information than liars’ narratives. The Self‐Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI) is a measure of over‐reporting, and it includes genuine symptoms and pseudosymptoms that are likely to be endorsed in fabricated symptom reports. In this study, we examined whether the VA can help discriminate the fabricated exposure narratives, and whether the SRSI can aid screening for symptom over‐reporting. Method One group of participants (truth tellers) witnessed a vehicle crash scene using the Virtual Reality paradigm (n = 22), while the other group (feigners) was instructed to fabricate such an experience (n = 46). All the participants wrote the exposure narratives and completed the SRSI. Results Feigners produced non‐verifiable (vague) and lengthier narratives than truth tellers, who reported a higher proportion of checkable information. Regarding the symptom reports, feigners endorsed more of trauma‐related genuine symptoms and pseudosymptoms than truth tellers. Conclusion The non‐verifiable details and the proportion of verifiable details, together with the SRSI subscales, can assist explaining the reporting strategies of those feigning negative exposures.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Symptom Endorsement In Feigned Ptsdmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Verify the scene, report the symptoms: Testing the Verifiability Approach and SRSI in the detection of fabricated PTSD claims

Bošković

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Bogaard

et al. 2019

Legal Criminol Psychol

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“…Iverson & Binder, 2000) or examining over-endorsement of physical or psychological symptoms on self-report tests (Merten, Merckelbach, Giger, & Stevens, 2016). Such tests are called Symptom Validity Tests and have shown to be useful in forensic settings (see Bianchini, Mathias, & Greve, 2001;Sleep, Petty, & Wygant, 2015), but less so in medical settings (Rogers, Sewell, & Salekin, 1994;Schoenberg, Dorr, & Morgan, 2003).…”

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