Verifiability on the run: an experimental study on the verifiability approach to malingered symptoms

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2018-06-28
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Boskovic, Irena
Tejada Gallardo, Claudia
Vrij, Aldert
Hope, Lorraine
Merckelbach, Harald
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Boskovic, Irena; Tejada Gallardo, Claudia; Vrij, Aldert; Hope, Lorraine; Merckelbach, Harald; . (2018) . Verifiability on the run: an experimental study on the verifiability approach to malingered symptoms. Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 2019, vol. 26, núm. 1, p. 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2018.1483272.
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Several studies on the verifiability approach found that truth-tellers report more verifiable details than liars. Therefore, we wanted to test whether such a difference would emerge in the context of malingered symptoms. We obtained statements from undergraduates (N D 53) who had been allocated to three different conditions: truth-tellers, coached malingerers and na ıve malingerers. Truth-tellers carried out an intensive physical exercise and after a short interval wrote a report about their experience and elicited symptoms. The two malingering groups had to fabricate a story about the physical activity and its symptoms. Truth-tellers did not generate more verifiable details than malingerers. However, malingerers reported more non-verifiable details than truth-tellers. Coached and na ıve malingerers did not differ in this respect. Relative to truth-tellers, na ıve malingerers reported more symptoms-related nonverifiable details, while coached malingerers reported more exercise-related non-verifiable details. Focusing on non-verifiable details may inform the detection of malingered symptoms.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/71066
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https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2018.1483272
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Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 2019, vol. 26, núm. 1, p. 65-76
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