Rogers Detection of Deception Model
Definition
Multi-source, hypothesis-testing framework for response-style assessment; requires convergent evidence from at least two data sources and explicit consideration of alternative hypotheses before malingering classification.
- Author
- Richard Rogers
- Structure
- Multi-source, hypothesis-testing framework
- Minimum requirement
- Convergent evidence from at least two data sources
- Also requires
- Explicit consideration of alternative hypotheses
- Applied to
- Malingering and response-style assessment
Common questions
Why does the model insist on at least two data sources before a malingering conclusion?+
A single test or interview can produce an elevated score for reasons unrelated to deliberate feigning, such as genuine severe psychopathology or reading difficulty, so convergence across independent sources reduces the risk of a false malingering classification.
What are examples of alternative hypotheses the model requires examiners to rule out?+
Genuine mental disorder, cognitive impairment, cultural or language factors affecting test performance, and factitious presentation are typical alternatives an examiner must consider before concluding a response pattern reflects deliberate malingering.
How does this model differ from relying solely on a single validity scale cutoff?+
A cutoff score treats one instrument's result as decisive, while Rogers' framework requires integrating multiple instruments and interview data and weighing competing explanations, which produces a more defensible clinical opinion under cross-examination.
Related terms
- Below-Chance Performance
- Performance on a two-alternative forced-choice task below the 50% chance level; statistically impossible through genuine impairment; meets SSI Criteria Group A for...
- Factitious Disorder
- Intentional production of symptoms motivated by psychological need to assume the sick role, without external incentive; distinct from malingering in motivation; not...
- M-FAST
- Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test; 25-item brief screen for feigned psychopathology; designed for jail and pretrial settings where full SIRS-2 is...
- MAL (Malingering Index)
- PAI configuration-based supplementary index developed for forensic populations to detect feigned psychopathology; used alongside NIM and clinical scales.
- Malingering
- Intentional production of false or grossly exaggerated symptoms motivated by external incentives; a DSM-5 V-code (not a mental disorder) applicable when incentive...
- Performance Validity Test (PVT)
- Any test designed to detect inadequate effort or deliberate underperformance in cognitive assessment; TOMM is the leading example for memory; embedded PVTs...
- Response Style
- The systematic approach an individual uses in reporting symptoms and behaviour during assessment; includes genuine, amplification, fabrication, defensiveness, and random responding.
- SIRS-2
- Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms, Second Edition; 172-item structured interview with eight primary scales for detecting feigned psychiatric symptoms; yields genuine, indeterminate,...
- Slick-Sherman-Iverson Criteria
- 1999 classification framework for Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction; four levels (Definite, Probable, Possible, Not MND) based on convergent evidence criteria.
- Symptom Amplification
- Exaggeration of genuine symptoms beyond their actual severity; common and does not automatically meet the malingering threshold; requires integration with all assessment...
- TOMM
- Test of Memory Malingering; 50-item forced-choice visual recognition task; Trial 2 score below 45/50 indicates performance invalidity; most widely validated memory PVT.