Despite the broad literature base on factor analysis best practices, research seeking to
evaluate a measure's psychometric properties frequently fails to consider or follow these …

The cry for help is one of the explanations of results indicating negative impression
management on symptom validity tests (SVTs) and respondent validity scales of personality …

This journal's third article on PTSD in Court focuses especially on the topic's “court”
component. It first considers the topic of malingering, including in terms of its definition …

Abstract The Inventory of Problems-29 (IOP-29) is a recently introduced free-standing
symptom validity test (SVT) with a rapidly growing evidence base. Its classification accuracy …

Sometimes forensic psychologists are asked to determine whether the symptoms of PTSD
presented by the plaintiff are genuine or feigned. To this end, they may use both symptom …

Se presenta la versión forense (EGS-F) de la Escala de Gravedad de Síntomas del trastorno
de estrés postraumático (TEPT) según los criterios diagnósticos del DSM-5. Se analizan la …

The second article in the series of three for the journal on “PTSD in Court” especially
concerns the biological bases that have been found to be associated with PTSD …

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 …

Recognition of the high prevalence of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms
among adult and youth offenders has inspired calls for justice systems to engage in trauma …

Typically, research on response bias in symptom reports covers two extreme ends of the
spectrum: overreporting and underreporting. Yet, little is known about symptom presentation …