Clayer J R, Bookless C, Ross M W
J Psychosom Res. 1984;28(3):237-41. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(84)90025-4.
In an attempt to develop an instrument to differentiate conscious exaggerators of symptoms from normals and neurotics, the Illness Behaviour Questionnaire (IBQ) was administered to 164 members of a public utility, half of whom were instructed to fill it out as conscious exaggerators, and 82 individuals who presented at a hospital pain clinic with pain considered to be neurotically determined. Four IBQ subscales differentiated the three groups, and a new 21-item scale (CE-scale) was developed which achieved wide separation between the conscious exaggerators, neurotics and normals. It is suggested that the CE-scale may have considerable utility in assessing conscious exaggerators and compensation neurotics, and that further studies should assess its predictive value.
为了研发一种工具，以区分有意识夸大症状者与正常人及神经症患者，对一家公用事业公司的164名员工进行了疾病行为问卷（IBQ）测试，其中一半人被指示作为有意识夸大症状者填写问卷，另外82名在医院疼痛诊所就诊、其疼痛被认为是由神经症决定的个体也参与了测试。IBQ的四个分量表区分了这三组人群，并且开发了一个新的包含21个条目的量表（CE量表），该量表在有意识夸大症状者、神经症患者和正常人之间实现了较大区分。有人认为，CE量表在评估有意识夸大症状者和赔偿性神经症患者方面可能具有相当大的效用，并且进一步的研究应该评估其预测价值。
