Effectiveness of NEO-PI-R Research Validity Scales for Discriminating Analog Malingering and Genuine Psychopathology

We investigated the research validity scales for the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R) proposed by Schinka, Kinder, and Kremer (1997): Positive Presentation Management (PPM) and Negative Presentation Management (NPM). Additionally, an experimental analog to the Minnesota Multiphasic Perso...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 2001-06, Vol.76 (3), p.496-516
Main Authors: Berry, David T. R., Bagby, R. Michael, Smerz, Jessica, Rinaldo, Jason C., Caldwell-Andrews, Alison, Baer, Ruth A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Diagnosis, Differential
Discriminant analysis
Female
Humans
Male
Malingering
Malingering - diagnosis
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - psychology
Middle Aged
Neo Personality Inventory-Revised
Outpatients
Personality Inventory - standards
Personality tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reproducibility of Results
Techniques and methods
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Summary:We investigated the research validity scales for the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R) proposed by Schinka, Kinder, and Kremer (1997): Positive Presentation Management (PPM) and Negative Presentation Management (NPM). Additionally, an experimental analog to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2's (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) F - K index was calculated by subtracting the raw score on PPM from the raw score on NPM (NPM - PPM). In 2 studies, all indexes showed significant between-group differences when samples of analog malingerers (n = 97) were contrasted with psychiatric outpatients (n = 272). The sensitivity and specificity of these validity indexes indicated that although none performed well in extremely low base rate environments, the NPM and NPM - PPM indexes showed promise when the base rate of faking bad rose to higher levels.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1207/S15327752JPA7603_10