TY - JOUR
T1 - The infrequency-posttraumatic stress disorder scale (Fptsd) for the MMPI-2
T2 - Development and initial validation with veterans presenting with combat-related PTSD
AU - Elhai, Jon D.
AU - Ruggiero, Kenneth J.
AU - Frueh, B. Christopher
AU - Gold, Paul B.
AU - Beckham, Jean C.
AU - Feldman, Michelle E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Jon Elhai is now at the Disaster Mental Health Insitute, University of South Dakota. This work was partially supported by Grants MH01660 and MH61983 from the National Institute of Mental Health awarded to B. Christopher Frueh. This work was also supported by the Office of Research and Development, Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs. We thank Charles E. Metz from the University of Chicago’s Department of Radiology for providing the use of his ROCKIT software.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002/12
Y1 - 2002/12
N2 - Researchers have identified difficulties associated with the use of traditional Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) validity scales with survivors of traumatic events. A new scale, the Infrequency-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder scale (Fptsd), was created from MMPI-2 items that were infrequently endorsed by 940 male combat veterans presenting for treatment at the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) clinics of 2 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. A variety of statistical methods were implemented that preliminarily established Fptsd's validity with a validation sample of 323 additional PTSD-diagnosed combat veterans. Results indicate that, relative to previously established validity and overreporting scales (F, Fb, and Fp), Fptsd was significantly less related to psychopathology and distress and better at discriminating simulated from genuinely reported PTSD. Clinical implications are discussed concerning the use of Fptsd to assess disability-seeking veterans suspected of overreporting PTSD symptoms.
AB - Researchers have identified difficulties associated with the use of traditional Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) validity scales with survivors of traumatic events. A new scale, the Infrequency-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder scale (Fptsd), was created from MMPI-2 items that were infrequently endorsed by 940 male combat veterans presenting for treatment at the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) clinics of 2 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. A variety of statistical methods were implemented that preliminarily established Fptsd's validity with a validation sample of 323 additional PTSD-diagnosed combat veterans. Results indicate that, relative to previously established validity and overreporting scales (F, Fb, and Fp), Fptsd was significantly less related to psychopathology and distress and better at discriminating simulated from genuinely reported PTSD. Clinical implications are discussed concerning the use of Fptsd to assess disability-seeking veterans suspected of overreporting PTSD symptoms.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15327752JPA7903_08
DO - 10.1207/S15327752JPA7903_08
M3 - Article
C2 - 12511019
AN - SCOPUS:0036917294
VL - 79
SP - 531
EP - 549
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
SN - 0022-3891
IS - 3
ER -