Lim J, Butcher J N
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
J Pers Assess. 1996 Aug;67(1):1-25. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6701_1.
The purpose of this study was (a) to evaluate the ability of the existing validity indices of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) in detecting faking. bad and faking-good profiles, (b) to differentiate between two strategies for faking-good (denial and claiming extreme virtue), (c) to determine the effectiveness of the new MMPI-2 validity scale, the S scale, in detecting people's tendency to present themselves in a superlative manner, and (d) to explore the response strategy under conditions in which individuals we known to be distorting their responses to the MMPI-2 Participants were 167 undergraduate, college students who were administered the test under different conditions, and 50 hospitalized, psychiatric patients. Mean profile configurations and optimal cutoff scores obtained in this study were similar to those reported in previous studies. Accurate identification of faked profiles was achieved. The new S scale and its subscales, especially S2 (Serenity), S3 (Contentment With Life), and S5 (Denial of Moral Flaws), showed particular promise in detecting faking-good (denial and claiming extreme virtue) profiles, Participant's debriefing provided valuable information about the participants' understanding of the instructions and their deception strategies. The attempts to differentiate between two strategies for faking-good, denial and claiming extreme virtue, were not successful, However, these results should not be taken to indicate that the particular strategies assessed in this study cannot be differentiated. Methodological issues reviewed suggest that further research might yield more understanding of the nature of any deception efforts made by respondents. In addition, future, research is needed to discover if the findings from this study generalize to other clinical settings and populations.
（a）评估明尼苏达多相人格调查表（MMPI - 2）现有效度指标检测伪装不良和伪装良好剖面图的能力；（b）区分两种伪装良好的策略（否认和声称具有极端美德）；（c）确定新的MMPI - 2效度量表S量表在检测人们以夸张方式呈现自己倾向方面的有效性；（d）探索在已知个体歪曲其对MMPI - 2回答的情况下的应对策略。参与者包括167名本科大学生，他们在不同条件下接受测试，以及50名住院精神科患者。本研究获得的平均剖面图构型和最佳临界分数与先前研究报告的相似。实现了对伪装剖面图的准确识别。新的S量表及其子量表，特别是S2（平静）、S3（对生活满意）和S5（否认道德缺陷），在检测伪装良好（否认和声称具有极端美德）剖面图方面显示出特别的前景。参与者的汇报提供了有关参与者对指导语的理解及其欺骗策略的宝贵信息。区分两种伪装良好策略（否认和声称具有极端美德）的尝试未成功。然而，这些结果不应被视为表明本研究中评估的特定策略无法区分。所审查的方法学问题表明，进一步的研究可能会更深入地理解受访者所做任何欺骗行为的本质。此外，需要未来的研究来发现本研究的结果是否适用于其他临床环境和人群。
