RBS (Response Bias Scale)

Related terms

ANT (Antisocial Features)

PAI clinical scale with three subscales (Antisocial Behaviors, Egocentricity, Stimulus Seeking); correlates substantially with PCL-R scores in forensic samples.

Base Rate (BR) Scoring

MCMI-IV scoring system that replaces T-scores with prevalence-adjusted scores; BR 75 indicates trait elevation, BR 85 supports diagnostic inference.

F-R (Infrequency-Revised)

MMPI-2-RF over-reporting validity scale measuring endorsement of rare psychological content; elevation above T=80 raises concern about symptom exaggeration.

FBS-R (Symptom Validity Scale-Revised)

MMPI-2-RF scale developed to detect over-reported somatic and cognitive symptoms in personal-injury litigation; contested validity in traumatically injured genuine plaintiffs.

Fp-R (Infrequency-Psychopathology-Revised)

MMPI-2-RF over-reporting validity scale measuring endorsement of items rarely endorsed even by genuine psychiatric patients; stronger malingering indicator than F-r in forensic...

L-R / K-R

MMPI-2-RF under-reporting validity scales; L-r (Uncommon Virtues) and K-r (Adjustment Validity) detect unrealistically positive self-presentation.

MAL (Malingering Index)

PAI configuration-based supplementary index developed for forensic populations to detect feigned psychopathology; used alongside NIM and clinical scales.

MCMI-IV

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, Fourth Edition; 195-item instrument with base-rate scoring, aligned with DSM-5 personality disorder criteria.

MMPI-2-RF

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form; 338-item self-report instrument with 51 scales, the most researched personality measure in forensic psychology.

NIM (Negative Impression Management)

PAI primary over-reporting validity scale; T-scores above 73 typically raise concern about feigned psychopathology in forensic evaluations.

PAI

Personality Assessment Inventory; 344-item instrument with 22 non-overlapping scales, built on construct-validation strategy; NIM and supplementary indices detect over-reporting.

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• MMPI-2-RF, PAI and MCMI-IV Personality BatteriesMMPI-2-RF supplementary validity scale predicting performance validity test failure; developed specifically to detect self-reported memory complaints inconsist...