Malingering Emotional Distress on the Scl-90-R: Toxic Exposure and Cancerphobia
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 65 (3_suppl2) , 1203-1208
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1989.65.3f.1203
Abstract
This study reports that 100% of 52 untrained volunteers were able to fake psychopathology on the SCL-90-R at a level comparable to the average range for psychiatric patients. Although not questioning the nonforensic clinical usefulness of the instrument, the author cautions SCL-90-R users to employ the instrument with care in contexts in which deception is an issue. Data on efforts to fake cancerphobia and emotional distress secondary to toxic exposure are presented.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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