Residual Effects in Feigning Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Detection Rate of the CII

Fischer, Melanie (2022) Residual Effects in Feigning Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Detection Rate of the CII. Master thesis, Psychology.

	Text MEAFischer_S3661776_MT_ResiudalEffectsInFeigningADHD-2.pdf Restricted to Repository staff only Download (1MB)
	Text Permission for confidentilality.pdf Restricted to Repository staff only Download (178kB)

Abstract

The increasing number of individuals feigning symptoms of ADHD to get compensation, or some other type of reward has raised concern about the possible consequences of feigning psychiatric symptoms for longer. Possible consequences after feigning such symptoms over time might be residual effects (i.e., continuing to have symptoms after the feigning period). Since no previous research is available on this topic, this study investigated the relationship between feigning symptoms of ADHD and residual effects. By conducting a simulation study and randomly allocating participants in either an honest-honest (control) group (N=42) or a feign-honest group (N=48), residual effects were examined across three testing occasions on two DSM-subscales of the Conners Adult ADHD Scale (CAARS). Furthermore, the Conners Infrequency Index (CII) was tested for its utility in detecting feigning individuals by looking at participants’ failure rates. The findings suggest no residual effects after feigning symptoms of adult ADHD. The CII showed a modest sensitivity to feigned ADHD symptoms with a detection rate of 50%. This study is the first investigating feigning and residual effects in adult ADHD. However, our study did not find significant results for residual effects after feigning ADHD symptoms. Therefore, based on our study design, future research is needed to explore this relationship further and to develop adequate detection measures. Keywords: adult Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder; adult ADHD; residual effects; Conners Infrequency Index; CII

Item Type:	Thesis (Master)
Supervisor name:	Fuermaier, A.B.M.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	Clinical Neuropsychology (CN) [Master Psychology]
Date Deposited:	20 Jul 2022 07:50
Last Modified:	20 Jul 2022 07:50
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1041

Actions (login required)

View Item