The Impact of Different Forms of Coaching on the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symtomatology (SIMS).

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.7334/psicothema2022.129

Esteban Puente-López, David Pina, Robert Shura, Irena Boskovic, Begoña Martínez-Jarreta, Thomas Merten

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Abstract

Background: Psychometric symptom validity instruments (SVTs) can be vulnerable to coaching, which can negatively affect their performance. Our aim was to assess the impact that different types of coaching may have on the sensitivity of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS).

Methods: A simulation design was used with 232 non-clinical adults divided into five experimental simulation conditions and 58 patients with anxious-depressive symptomatology derived from a traffic accident. All simulators received a basic scenario and, in addition, the second group was instructed on the symptomatology, the third was warned about the risk of exaggerating the presentation, the fourth received a combination of the two previous groups and the fifth received specific training on SVTs.

Results: The discriminative ability of the SIMS was higher in the basic and symptom information groups, and it decreased significantly in the specific training group on SVTs.

Conclusions: SIMS seems not to be severely impacted by a variety of symptom coaching styles, although test coaching diminished its performance.

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不同形式的辅导对诈病症状(SIMS)结构化量表的影响。

背景:心理测量症状效度量表(SVTs)容易受到训练的影响，从而对其表现产生负面影响。我们的目的是评估不同类型的指导可能对诈病症状结构化量表(SIMS)的敏感性产生的影响。方法:采用模拟设计，将232名非临床成年人分为5个实验模拟条件和58名交通事故焦虑抑郁症状患者。所有的模拟者都接受了一个基本的场景，此外，第二组接受了症状学的指导，第三组被警告了夸大陈述的风险，第四组接受了前两组的组合，第五组接受了关于svt的具体培训。结果:在svt的基础和症状信息训练组中，SIMS的辨别能力较高，而在svt的特殊训练组中，SIMS的辨别能力显著降低。结论:尽管测试指导会降低SIMS的表现，但各种症状指导方式似乎不会严重影响SIMS的表现。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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6.50

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16.70%

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24 weeks

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