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For a protocol to be considered valid, the sum of the responses on the Validity Scale must be less than or equal to 12, corresponding to all of the three items being scored as at most as four on the seven-point Osgood scale.
They composed the Validity scale, which evaluates the consistency of the responses to BISOC.
The higher the total score on the Validity Scale, the stronger the concordance with the unrealistic situations presented.
UK primary-care experts rated putative indicators on a 9-point validity scale, and also rated the necessity of including such information in patient records.
From this initial sample, 95 cases were deleted due to their score above 12 on the Validity Scale (more details in the next section), and the remaining 767 employees (60.0 % males and 40.0 % females) were included in the study.
As compared with the normative population, in the validity scale "Lie" a significantly lower proportion of obese women scored lower than 50, and a significantly greater proportion scored between 65 and 74 (Table 2).
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The multitrait-scaling analysis showed good convergent and discriminant validity: scaling success was 100% for all subscales.
The SRQ was filled out during the consultation and was considered valid for assessment when indicated by the scores on both validity scales.
MMPI-2 questionnaires were selected on the basis of the three validity scales.
As for the differential diagnosis of malingering, the validity scales and configurations classified correctly as malingerers to the 80.2% of the protocols, failing in the remaining 19.8%.
The psychological assessments of Frederick indicated that he was by all counts a perfectly normal guy, average in intelligence, average in personality, with "no sadistic or pathological tendencies," and with only one outlier trait: "Validity scales indicate the patient presented himself as a morally virtuous individual".
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