We used an analogue, experimental simulation in which MMPI- 2 RF responses (derived from archived MMPI- 2 protocols) of undergraduate students instructed to overreport psychopathology (in either a coached or noncoached condition) were compared with those of psychiatric inpatients who completed the MMPI- 2 under standardized instructions. This set of validity scales includes a newly developed scale and revised versions of the original MMPI- 2 validity scales. We examined the utility of the validity scales on the recently released Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- 2 Restructured Form ( MMPI- 2 RF Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) to detect overreported psychopathology. Detection of overreported psychopathology with the MMPI- 2- RF validity scales.
