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Area of Science:

  • Psychological assessment
  • Adolescent psychology
  • Forensic psychology

Background:

  • Limited research exists on identifying feigning in adolescent psychological assessments compared to adults.
  • The Personality Assessment Inventory - Adolescent (PAI-A) is a key tool for assessing adolescent psychological functioning.
  • Understanding feigning is critical for accurate diagnosis and treatment planning in adolescents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness of the PAI-A in detecting feigning among adolescents.
  • To expand the literature on feigning detection in a nonclinical adolescent population.
  • To evaluate specific PAI-A scales for their utility in identifying deceptive responses.

Main Methods:

  • 114 nonclinical adolescents (ages 15-18) were recruited and randomly assigned to honest, uncoached feigning, or coached feigning groups.
  • A clinical group of 50 adolescents with depression from the PAI-A standardization sample was included.
  • Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used to analyze differences between groups on PAI-A scales.

Main Results:

  • The Rogers Discriminant Function (RDF) showed strong support for detecting feigning (d range = 1.85-2.05).
  • The Negative Impression Management (NIM) scale demonstrated moderate utility (d range = 0.77-1.08).
  • The Malingering Index had the smallest effect sizes for feigning detection (d range = 0.58-0.70), though negative distortion indices were useful.

Conclusions:

  • The RDF is a promising index for identifying feigning in adolescents using the PAI-A.
  • The NIM scale and other negative distortion indices offer valuable support in detecting feigning.
  • Further research should explore cut-scores and practical applications for feigning detection in adolescent assessments.