Citation

Nichols DS. Clin. Neuropsychol. 2017; 31(8): 1396-1400.

Affiliation

Independent Scholar.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13854046.2017.1365934

PMID

28866953

Abstract

The 'Commentary' of Drs. Larrabee, Bianchini, Boone, and Rohling (this issue) attributes to us a view of the Fake Bad/Symptom Validity Scale (FBS/FBS-r) that is wholly erroneous, a view we do not hold and have never taken. In doing so, the authors have confused the thrust of our article with the assertions made in an earlier article which preceded publication of the FBS. This earlier article held that many physical and cognitive symptoms/complaints observed in personal injury plaintiffs are most parsimoniously understood as manifestations of the stresses that may routinely accompany plaintiffs' involvement in such litigation. In this response, I therefore, wish to clarify this misunderstanding and to elaborate upon several of the issues raised in our article.

Language: en

Keywords

MMPI-2; MMPI-2-RF; fake bad scale; malingering; symptom validity scale