Detecting Coached Feigning Using the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS)

M. Jelicic; E. Ceunen; M.J.V. Peters; H. Merckelbach

doi:10.1002/jclp.20805

Detecting Coached Feigning Using the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS)

M. Jelicic^*, E. Ceunen, M.J.V. Peters, H. Merckelbach

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Abstract

Undergraduate students were administered the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and the Structured Inventory of the Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) and asked to respond honestly, or instructed to feign cognitive dysfunction due to head injury. Before both instruments were administered, symptom-coached feigners were provided with some information about brain injury, while feigners who received a mix of symptom-coaching and test-coaching were given the same information plus advice on how to defeat symptom validity tests. Results show that, although the accuracy of both instruments appears to be somewhat reduced by a mix of symptom coaching and test coaching, the TOMM and SIMS are relatively resistant to different kinds of coaching. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67: 850-855, 2011.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	850-855
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Clinical Psychology
Volume	67
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20805
Publication status	Published - Sept 2011

Keywords

feigning
brain injury
coaching
TOMM
SIMS
BELIEVABLE DEFICITS
EXAGGERATION
SIMULATORS

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