The Henry-Heilbronner Index: A 15-Item Empirically Derived MMPI-2 Subscale for Identifying Probable Malingering in Personal Injury Litigants and Disability Claimants

A new 15-item MMPI-2 subscale, the Henry-Heilbronner Index (HHI), representing a "pseudosomatic factor," was empirically derived from both the 43-item Lees-Haley Fake Bad Scale (FBS) and the 17-item Shaw and Matthews' Pseudoneurologic Scale (PNS).The HHI was superior to both the FBS a...

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Published in:Clinical neuropsychologist 2006-12, Vol.20 (4), p.786-797
Main Authors: Henry, George K., Heilbronner, Robert L., Mittenberg, Wiley, Enders, Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Deception
Disabled Persons - legislation & jurisprudence
Disabled Persons - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Malingering - diagnosis
Malingering - psychology
Middle Aged
MMPI - statistics & numerical data
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Workers' Compensation - legislation & jurisprudence
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Summary:A new 15-item MMPI-2 subscale, the Henry-Heilbronner Index (HHI), representing a "pseudosomatic factor," was empirically derived from both the 43-item Lees-Haley Fake Bad Scale (FBS) and the 17-item Shaw and Matthews' Pseudoneurologic Scale (PNS).The HHI was superior to both the FBS and PNS in identification of symptom exaggeration in personal injury litigants and disability claimants compared to non-litigating head-injured controls. Logistic regression analyses revealed that a cutscore of ≥ 8 on the HHI was associated with good specificity (89%) and sensitivity (80%). These results suggest that the HHI may be useful in identifying personal injury litigants and disability claimants who exaggerate, overreport, or malinger physical symptoms on the MMPI-2 related to their current health and/or litigation status.
ISSN:1385-4046
1744-4144
DOI:10.1080/13854040500287749