Table 2

Comparison of Malingering Scales

No MalingeringMalingering
nn = 983n = 317
Tests taken1,3009 (9–9)11 (10–11)
TOMM-T21,24550 (49–50)40 (31–47)
 TOMM-T2 ≤ 4562 (6.7%)225 (71.9%)
TOMM-R28146 (38–49)34 (29–40)
 TOMM-R ≤ 4530 (45.5%)202 (94.0%)
VSVT-EZ1,22724 (24–24)22 (20–24)
 VSVT-EZ ≤ 70 (0%)5 (1.6%)
VSVT-DIF1,22722 (18–24)10 (7–15)
 VSVT-DIF ≤ 712 (1.3%)100 (32.1%)
LMT4390.96 (0.84–1)0.73 (0.6–0.87)
 LMT ≤ 93%78 (42.6%)228 (89.1%)
MMPI F-r1,24974 (61–92)111 (92–120)
 MMPI F-r ≥ 100129 (13.7%)208 (67.1%)
MMPI Fp-r1,24951 (42–59)68 (59–77)
 MMPI Fp-r ≥ 1006 (0.64%)40 (12.9%)
MMPI Fs1,24966 (50–75)91 (74–115)
 MMPI Fs ≥ 10028 (3.0%)120 (38.7%)
MMPI FBS-r1,24977 (67–86)90.5 (83–99)
 MMPI FBS-r ≥ 10018 (1.9%)73 (23.6%)
MMPI RBS1,24980 (67–88)105 (92–114)
 MMPI RBS ≥ 10094 (10.0%)195 (62.9%)
MMPI L-r1,24957 (52–66)62 (52–66)
 MMPI L-r ≥ 1000 (0%)0 (0%)
  • LMT = Letter Memory Test; MMPI F-r = Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Infrequent Responses; MMPI FBS-r = Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Fake Bad Scale Responses; MMPI Fp-r = Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Infrequent Psychopathology Responses; MMPI Fs = Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Infrequent Somatic Responses; MMPI L-r = Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Underreporting Lie Responses; MMPI RBS = Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Response Bias Scale; TOMM-R = Test of Memory Malingering, Retention trial; TOMM-T2 = Test of Memory Malingering, Trial 2; VSVT-DIF = Victoria Symptom Validity Test, Difficult subscale; VSVT-EZ = Victoria Symptom Validity Test, Easy subscale.