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  2. Malingering - Wikipedia

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    There are multiple methods to evaluate malingering, such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2, which is the most validated test. Other tests include the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms, which is used for psychiatric symptoms, and the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM), intended for false memory deficits. [18]

  3. Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology - Wikipedia

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    Briefly, the SIMS is a pseudo psychological test. The detection of malingering is usually a difficult task. Psychologists using the SIMS may appear more expert in detecting false insurance compensation claims because they classify more patients as malingerers or as suspected malingerers and are thus, being perceived as more professionally ...

  4. Hoover's sign (leg paresis) - Wikipedia

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    In the context of a positive Hoover's sign, functional weakness (or "conversion disorder") is much more likely than malingering or factitious disorder. [3] Strong hip muscles can make the test difficult to interpret. [4] Efforts have been made to use the theory behind the sign to report a quantitative result. [5]

  5. Personality Assessment Inventory - Wikipedia

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    Due to the fuzzy nature of constructs (concepts) in psychology, it is very difficult to use criterion-referenced approaches, such as those used in some parts of medicine (e.g. pregnancy tests). This is why construct validation is very important to personality test development.

  6. Waddell's signs - Wikipedia

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    With the possible exception of cogwheel rigidity, these are best understood as neuroanatomical maladaptations to long-continued pain and, as Waddell and colleagues have stressed, do not indicate faking or malingering but rather that there are psychosocial issues that militate against successfully treating low back pain by lumbar discectomy, and ...

  7. Malingering of post-traumatic stress disorder - Wikipedia

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    Most studies and research on malingering PTSD are concentrated in Western countries, specifically the United States. This overlooks other cultures and ethnicities. [46] Assessment tools for malingering like the MMPI-2, PAI, and other tests, vary in levels of accuracy depending on the context and population.

  8. Test of Memory Malingering - Wikipedia

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    The Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) is a 50-question visual memory recognition test that discriminates between true memory impairment and malingering, with two learning trials and an optional retention trial following a delay. [1] It was first published in 1996 and is intended for testing individuals ages 16 and older.

  9. Validity scale - Wikipedia

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    A validity scale, in psychological testing, is a scale used in an attempt to measure reliability of responses, for example with the goal of detecting defensiveness, malingering, or careless or random responding.