Author : Alexandra S. Garber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (879 download)
Book Synopsis The Effect of Lifetime Trauma Symptom Experience on the Ability to Feign PTSD by : Alexandra S. Garber
Download or read book The Effect of Lifetime Trauma Symptom Experience on the Ability to Feign PTSD written by Alexandra S. Garber and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intent of this study is to cross-validate an assessment tool designed to identify genuine and feigned PTSD as well as to provide some of the first data available on the ability to feign PTSD among those with past experience with the associated symptoms. PTSD is one of the most highly compensable mental health disorders and its diagnostic criteria are readily accessible to the public, which makes the disorder highly vulnerable to feigning. Current assessments designed to identify PTSD often lack the ability to differentiate feigned from genuine PTSD. The current measure was designed to fill this gap. Recently, the effect of coaching on the ability to feign PTSD has been a focus of research, essentially studying the effect of knowledge of PTSD on the ability to feign PTSD. This research has largely ignored one critical form of knowledge: personal experience of PTSD or the associated symptoms. The current study seeks to examine the effect of personal experience of PTSD on the ability to feign PTSD. This study employs a simulation design with a sample of college undergraduates with and without genuine PTSD. Participants asked to feign PTSD, who do and do not have lifetime PTSD experience, are compared to honest responders with PTSD. Preliminary results indicate that individuals with experience of subthreshold or remitted PTSD were as easily detected by the measure as individuals with no lifetime PTSD experience.