The Impact of Different Forms of Coaching on the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symtomatology (SIMS)

  1. Esteban Puente-López 1
  2. David Pina 2
  3. Robert Shura 3
  4. Irena Boskovic
  5. Begoña Martínez-Jarreta 4
  6. Thomas Merten
  1. 1 Universidad Nebrija
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    Universidad Nebrija

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03tzyrt94

  2. 2 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

  3. 3 3 Salisbury VA Medical Center
  4. 4 Universidad de Zaragoza
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    Universidad de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/012a91z28

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Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915,  1886-144X

Año de publicación: 2022

Volumen: 34

Número: 4

Páginas: 528-536

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.7334/PSICOTHEMA2022.129 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

Los instrumentos psicométricos de validez de síntomas (SVTs) pueden ser vulnerables a la preparación, lo que puede afectar negativamente a su rendimiento. Nuestro objetivo evaluar el impacto que diferentes tipos de preparación pueden tener en la sensibilidad del Inventario Estructurado de Simulación de Síntomas (SIMS). Método: Se utilizó un diseño de simulación con 232 adultos no clínicos divididos en cinco condiciones de simulación y 58 pacientes con sintomatología ansioso-depresiva derivada de un accidente de circulación. Todos los simuladores recibieron un escenario básico y, además, el segundo grupo fue instruido sobre la sintomatología a presentar, el tercero fue advertido sobre el riesgo de exagerar su presentación, el cuarto recibió una combinación de los dos grupos anteriores y el quinto recibió un entrenamiento específico sobre SVTs. Resultados: La capacidad discriminativa del SIMS fue más elevada en el grupo de escenario básico e información de síntomas, disminuyendo significativamente en el grupo de entrenamiento sobre SVTs. Conclusiones: El SIMS parece no verse afectado severamente por las diferentes formas de coaching, no obstante, la preparación específica sobre el test disminuye su rendimiento.

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