Detecting Simulated Underreporting on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) in Veterans With Past-Month Death/Suicide Ideation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We continue to have limited success in identifying Veterans at high risk of suicide, due in part to reticence of disclosing suicidal ideation.

Aims

This study used a simulated groups experimental design to evaluate the MMPI-3's ability to assess suicide risk underreporting in Veterans with past-month death/suicide ideation.

Materials and methods

Thirty-nine Veterans (53.85% men) were randomized to standard and simulated underreporting groups and provided valid data on the MMPI-3 and collateral measures. We examined (1) whether simulated underreporting on the MMPI-3 (indexed by L and K scale scores) impacts SUI scale scores, (2) if these effects generalize to underreporting on extratest suicide and non-suicide measures, and (3) if MMPI-3 L and K scales incre

SUBMITTER: Khazem LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11938808 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature