SLIDE 1 SENSITIVITY OF AN MMPI-2-RF COMBINED RESPONSE INCONSISTENCY (CRIN) SCALE TO MIXED RESPONDING
Kendall ll Whitne tney, , Taylor
le, , Danie ielle lle Burchett hett, , Ph.D .D. California State University, Monterey Bay Yossef sef S. Ben-Por
ath, , Ph.D. D. Kent State University David Glassmire, smire, Ph.D .D. Patton State Hospital
SLIDE 2 Ack ckno nowl wled edge gement ments s & D & Dis iscl clos
ures
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MIX IXED ED RE RESPONDING PONDING
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MIX IXED ED RE RESPONDING PONDING
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MIX IXED ED RE RESPONDING PONDING
Rando dom m Res espo pondi ding
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MIX IXED ED RE RESPONDING PONDING
Rando dom m Res espo pondi ding Acquie uiesce scent t Res espo pond ndin ing
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MIX IXED ED RE RESPONDING PONDING
Rando dom m Res espo pondi ding Acquie uiesce scent t Res espo pond ndin ing Coun unter er- Acquie uiesce scent t Res espo pondi ding
SLIDE 8 Com
ined ed Resp espon
se In Inco cons nsis isten ency cy Sca cale le (CRIN) RIN)
■ CRIN was developed on the MMPI-A-RF (Archer, Handel, Ben-Porath, & Tellegen, 2016) to augment the shortened VRIN-r and TRIN-r validity scales ■ Quasi-random and fixed responding ■ No published literature of CRIN on the MMPI-2-RF
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CRI RIN N Components ponents
SLIDE 10 CRI RIN N Components ponents: : VR VRIN-r
VRIN-r
- 53 pairs
- A point is assigned when an
examinee inconsistently answers a pair of items written in same direction
SLIDE 11 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical VR VRIN IN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs bring ng me me joy.
ue
se
SLIDE 12 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical VR VRIN IN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs bring ng me me joy.
ue
se
SLIDE 13 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical VR VRIN IN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs bring ng me me joy.
ue
se
SLIDE 14 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical VR VRIN IN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs bring ng me me joy.
ue
se
SLIDE 15 CRI RIN N Components ponents: : TR TRIN-r
11 11 TRIN-r r True TRIN-r r False
- 26 pairs
- “Tug-o-War” scoring
- A point is added when an examinee gives the same response to a
pair of items written in the opposite direction
SLIDE 16 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical TR TRIN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me sa sad. d.
ue
se
SLIDE 17 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical TR TRIN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me sa sad. d.
ue
se
SLIDE 18 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical TR TRIN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me sa sad. d.
ue
se
SLIDE 19 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical TR TRIN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me sa sad. d.
ue
se
SLIDE 20 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical TR TRIN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me sa sad. d.
ue
se
SLIDE 21 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical TR TRIN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me sa sad. d.
ue
se
SLIDE 22 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical TR TRIN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
ue
se 44) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me sa sad. d.
ue
se
SLIDE 23 Hy Hypo pothe thetical tical TR TRIN-r r Pai air
2) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me happ ppy.
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se 44) Do Dogs gs ma make e me me sa sad. d.
ue
se
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Calcul alculat ation ion of f CRI RIN
SLIDE 25 Calcul alculat ation ion of f CRI RIN
VRIN-r CRIN TRIN-r r True TRIN-r r False
Adapted from Archer et al. (2016)
53 pa pair irs 15 pairs 11 pa pair irs
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Whitn tney y et et al. . (2018): 18): Calcula lculating ting CRIN N with th th the MM e MMPI PI-2-RF RF Normativ ative e Sample ple ■ Whitney et al. (2018) examined CRIN in the MMPI-2-RF normative sample ■ Converted raw scores to T Scores ■ How rare is a particular score on CRIN?
SLIDE 27 Raw Score
T Score
19 19 101 18 18 97 97 17 17 94 94 16 16 90 90 15 15 87 87 14 14 83 83 13 13 80 80 12 12 76 76 11 11 72 72 10 10 69 69 9 65 65 8 62 62 7 58 58 6 55 55 5 51 51 4 47 47 3 44 44 2 40 40 1 37 37 33 33
Whitn tney y et et al. . (2018): 18): Raw w Scores
erted ed to
SLIDE 28 Raw Score
T Score
19 19 101 18 18 97 97 17 17 94 94 16 16 90 90 15 15 87 87 14 14 83 83 13 13 80 80 12 12 76 76 11 11 72 72 10 10 69 69 9 65 65 8 62 62 7 58 58 6 55 55 5 51 51 4 47 47 3 44 44 2 40 40 1 37 37 33 33
Whitn tney y et et al. . (2018): 18): Raw w Scores
erted ed to
Adapted from Archer et al. (2016) and Ben-Porath & Tellegen (2008/2011):
- There is some evidence
- f response
inconsistency
SLIDE 29 Raw Score
T Score
19 19 101 18 18 97 97 17 17 94 94 16 16 90 90 15 15 87 87 14 14 83 83 13 13 80 80 12 12 76 76 11 11 72 72 10 10 69 69 9 65 65 8 62 62 7 58 58 6 55 55 5 51 51 4 47 47 3 44 44 2 40 40 1 37 37 33 33
Whitn tney y et et al. . (2018): 18): Raw w Scores
erted ed to
Adapted from Archer et al. (2016) and Ben-Porath & Tellegen (2008/2011):
because of excessive response inconsistency
SLIDE 30 Wh Whit itne ney e y et t al al. . (20 2018) 8): : Ex Exam amin inin ing CRI RIN N in n a a For
ensi sic c In Inpat atie ient nt Sam ample le
■ Participants were from a deidentified archival data set ■ Examined CRIN’s basic properties
SLIDE 31 Whitn tney y et et al. . (2018) 18) CRIN N in a For
ensic Inpati patient ent Sample ple
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unique 3% of protocols not identified by VRIN-r or TRIN-r
Whitn tney y et et al. . (2018) 18) CRIN N in a For
ensic Inpati patient ent Sample ple
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between CRIN and VRIN-r
Whitn tney y et et al. . (2018) 18) CRIN N in a For
ensic Inpati patient ent Sample ple
SLIDE 34 Whitn tney y et et al. . (2018) 18) CRIN N in a For
ensic Inpati patient ent Sample ple
detecting mixed responding?
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Current urrent Stu tudy dy
■ Examined if CRIN is useful in detecting mixed responding on the MMPI-2-RF ■ Used a computer-generated mixed responding research design
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SLIDE 37 Method Method
criteria were used to exclude all invalid protocols (Burchett et al., 2016)
- CNS ≥ 15; VRIN-r ≥ 70; TRIN-r
≥ 70; F-r ≥ 79; Fp-r ≥ 70; Fs ≥ 80; FBS ≥ 80; RBS ≥ 80; L-r ≥ 65; K ≥ 60
Par Partic ticip ipants ants
n = 1,110 Exclude invalid protocols n = 156
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Par Partic ticip ipants ants
75% Male 25% Female Age ge M (SD) = 42.28 (10.60) Caucasian African American Latino Asian Other Ethni nici city ty
SLIDE 39 Not Guilty by Reason
Mentally Disordered Offender Incompetent to Stand Trial Other Prison Transfer Mentally Disordered Sex Offender
Par Partic ticip ipants ants
Years Hospitalized M (SD) = 2.46 (4.23) Commi mmitme tment nt Code des
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Method Method
■ The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2- Restructured Form (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011)
Mea easures sures
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■ We divided each participant’s data into 3 sections
Section 1: Items 1-113
Section 2: Items 114-226
Section 3: Items 227-338
Procedure
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Items ms 227-338 338 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 114-226 226
SLIDE 43 Meth Method
Procedure
■ We selected 40% as our guide to insert random, acquiescent, and counter-acquiescent responses. ■ 40% non-content-based invalid responding has a notable impact on VRIN-r and TRIN-r scores (Handel et al., 2010).
R A C
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Brace Yourself…
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338
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40% Chosen Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338 40% Chosen
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338 40% RANDOM (True or False)
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338 40% RANDOM (True or False) 40% Chosen
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338 40% RANDOM (True or False) 40% Chosen
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338 40% RANDOM (True or False) 40% ACQUIESCENT (All True)
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338 40% RANDOM (True or False) 40% ACQUIESCENT (All True) 40% Chosen
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338 40% RANDOM (True or False) 40% ACQUIESCENT (All True) 40% Chosen
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338 40% RANDOM (True or False) 40% ACQUIESCENT (All True) 40% COUNTER- ACQUIESCENT (All False)
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Items ms 114-226 226 Items ms 1-113 Items ms 227-338 338 40% RANDOM (True or False) 40% ACQUIESCENT (All True) 40% COUNTER- ACQUIESCENT (All False)
This is the RAC condition
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■ We did this six different times to account for six different mixed responding variations Procedure
ACR ARC CAR CRA RAC RCA
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SLIDE 58 CRIN N me mean n sc scores res wi will l be e el elevat ated ed in th the e pr pres esence ence of
mixed ed res esponding. ponding.
Hy Hypo pothe thesis sis 1
SLIDE 59 CRIN N wi will ll incrementally crementally add dd to VRIN-r r and nd TRIN-r r in th the det e detec ection tion of
mixed ed res esponding. ponding.
Hy Hypo pothe thesis sis 2
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■ To develop informed sub-hypotheses, we examined where item pairs lay on the instrument.
Hy Hypo pothe thesis sis 1A 1A – Sub ub-Hyp Hypothe thesis sis
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ACR Condi ndition ion Section ction 1 (A) Section ction 2 (C) (C) Section ction 3 (R) Total tal
VRIN-r 1T/2F 8 *1 = 8 8 * 1 = 8 16 1T/3F 4 * 1 = 8 4 * ½ = 2 6 2F/3T 12 * 1 = 12 12 * ½ = 6 18 3F/3T or 3T/3F 6 * ½ = 3 & 6 * ½ = 3 6 TRIN-r True ue 1T/3T 2*1=2 2*½ = 1 3 1T/1T 2*1=2 & 2*1=2 4 3T/3T 2*½ =.5 & 2*½ =.5 2 TRIN-r False se 2F/3F 2*1=2 2*½ =1 3 2F/2F 2*1=2 & 2*1=2 4 3F/3F 1*½ =.5 1*½ =.5 1
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70
ACR CR ARC CAR CAR CRA CRA RAC RAC RCA RCA
Hypothesi pothesis1A s1A - Sub-Hyp Hypothe thesis sis
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Results esults
■ CRIN means were notably higher in the presence of mixed responding as compared to the original data
Hypo pothe thesis sis 1
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ORIG ORIGINA INAL ACR ACR ARC ARC CAR CAR CR CRA RAC RAC RC RCA MEAN VRIN-r, TRIN-r, & CRIN SCORES VRIN VRIN-r
TRIN- TRIN-r CR CRIN IN
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ORIG ORIGINA INAL ACR ACR ARC ARC CAR CAR CR CRA RAC RAC RC RCA MEAN VRIN-r, TRIN-r, & CRIN SCORES VRIN VRIN-r
TRIN- TRIN-r CR CRIN IN
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ORIG ORIGINA INAL ACR ACR ARC ARC CAR CAR CR CRA RAC RAC RC RCA MEAN VRIN-r, TRIN-r, & CRIN SCORES VRIN VRIN-r
TRIN- TRIN-r CR CRIN IN
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ORIG ORIGINA INAL ACR ACR ARC ARC CAR CAR CR CRA RAC RAC RC RCA MEAN VRIN-r, TRIN-r, & CRIN SCORES VRIN VRIN-r
TRIN- TRIN-r CR CRIN IN
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CRIN RIN wi will ll increm crementally entally ad add to VR VRIN-r an and TRIN IN-r r in th the e det etect ection ion of mi mixed ed res esponding. ponding.
Hy Hypo pothe thesis sis 2
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ACR CR ARC CAR CAR CRA CRA RAC RAC RCA RCA
CRIN’S INCREMENTAL UTILITY
TRIN- TRIN-r TRIN- TRIN-r + r + VRIN- RIN-r VRI VRIN- N-r
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ACR CR ARC CAR CAR CRA CRA RAC RAC RCA RCA
CRIN’S INCREMENTAL UTILITY
TRIN- TRIN-r TRIN- TRIN-r + r + VRIN- RIN-r VRI VRIN- N-r CRIN CRIN
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
ACR CR ARC CAR CAR CRA CRA RAC RAC RCA RCA
CRIN’S INCREMENTAL UTILITY
TRIN- TRIN-r TRIN- TRIN-r + r + VRIN- RIN-r VRI VRIN- N-r CRIN CRIN Below Below 80T 80T
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Lim imitations itations
Small l sampl ample n n = 156 56
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Lim imitations itations
Small l sampl ample n n = 156 56 Mix ixed ed Res espo pondi ding
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Lim imitations itations
Small l sampl ample n n = 156 56 Mix ixed ed Res espo pondi ding Various possible conceptualizations Only examined 40%
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Implications plications
“Tug-o-War” vs. Worki rking g in in tande dem
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Implications plications
“Tug-o-War” vs. Worki rking g in in tande dem CRIN pr promi misin ing g for r MMPI-2-RF RF or MMPI-3
SLIDE 79 Implications plications
“Tug-o-War” vs. Worki rking g in in tande dem CRIN pr promi misin ing g for r MMPI-2-RF RF or MMPI-3 Consider carefully spacing items Consider equal balance of random
SLIDE 80 Ref eference erences
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Handel, R. W., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Tellegen, A., & Archer, R. P. (2010). Psychometric functioning of the MMPI-2-RF VRIN-r and TRIN-r scales with varying degrees of randomness, acquiescence, and counter- acquiescence. Psychological Assessment, 22, 87–95. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1037/a0017061
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