Johnson J L, Bellah C G, Dodge T, Kelley W, Livingston M M
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston 71272, USA.
Percept Mot Skills. 1998 Aug;87(1):152-4. doi: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.1.152.
Research indicates claimant malingering of cognitive deficits to be common in personal injury litigation. Efforts have been made to either detect such tendencies or deter efforts at malingering. The present study examined whether warning people that feigned malingering efforts would be detected results in more valid profiles on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. Undergraduates (N = 48) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: feigned malingerers without warning, feigned malingerers with warning, and controls. Analysis indicated both feigned malingerer groups performed significantly worse than the control group; however, feigned malingerers with warning did not perform significantly better than those without warning. Unlike previous research using the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised, results did not support effectiveness of warning in reducing feigned malingering scores.
研究表明，在人身伤害诉讼中，索赔人伪装认知缺陷的情况很常见。人们已做出努力来检测这种倾向或阻止伪装行为。本研究调查了告知人们伪装行为会被检测到是否会使韦氏成人智力量表修订版的测评结果更有效。本科生（N = 48）被随机分配到三个条件组之一：未被告知的伪装者、被告知的伪装者和对照组。分析表明，两个伪装者组的表现均显著低于对照组；然而，被告知的伪装者的表现并不比未被告知的伪装者显著更好。与之前使用韦氏记忆量表修订版的研究不同，本研究结果不支持告知能有效降低伪装得分。
