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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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Comparability of the MMPI-2 F(p) and F Scales and the SIRS in Clinical Use with Suspected Malingerers

Paul J. McCusker

Department of Psychology Thomas B. Finan Center

Marianne J. Moran

Department of Psychology Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center

Lisa Serfass

Department of Psychology Frostburg State University

Kevin H. Peterson

Department of Psychology Frostburg State University

Relationships among Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) scores and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory—2 (MMPI-2) F(p) and F scores were examined for 63 suspected malingerers evaluated at either of two psychiatric facilities. Despite differences between facilities in terms of seriousness of subjects' offenses, mean scores on the malingering tests were similar. Cutting scores for F(p) and F resulting in substantial correspondence between these scales and the SIRS were derived. Use of the cut score for F(p) proposed by Arbisi and Ben-Porath (1995) resulted in less agreement with the SIRS than did a lower cut score. No substantial difference between F(p) and F in each scale's overall agreement with the SIRS was observed. A principal components analysis of the SIRS primary scales produced two factors, interpreted as Overreporting of Symptoms and Implausible Symptoms. F(p) was observed to correlate significantly with Implausible Symptoms but not with Overreporting of Symptoms; F was significantly correlated with both factors.

Key Words: SIRS • MMPI-2 • F(p) • malingering

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 47, No. 5, 585-596 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03254013
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