Detection of malingering: psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the structured interview of reported symptoms-2

Table 5 Effect sizes (Cohen’s d) of the Chinese version of SIRS-2 scales among the participant groups

	Honest inpatients vs. simulated students	Simulated students vs. honest students	Forensic malingering vs.forensic honest	SIRS-2 validation values (from Manual)
Primary scales
RS	1.62	2.16	1.91	2.04
SC	1.88	1.57	1.69	1.75
I A	1.06	1.78	1.44	1.80
BL	2.04	2.11	2.09	2.49
SU	1.83	1.38	1.55	2.12
SEL	2.14	2.06	2.10	2.37
SEV	2.15	1.62	1.82	1.95
RO	1.78	1.65	1.70	2.12
Supplementary scales
DA	1.12	1.37	1.27	2.08
DS	0.88	0.44	0.62	NA
IF	0.48	0.32	0.39	NA
OS	1.00	1.03	1.02	NA
INC	1.06	1.00	1.03	NA

Note. For Primary Scales, RS = Rare Symptoms, SC = Symptom Combinations, IA = Improbable or Absurd Symptoms, BL = Blatant Symptoms, SU = Subtle Symptoms, SEL = Selectivity of Symptoms, SEV = Severity of Symptoms, RO = Reported versus Observed Symptoms. For Supplementary Scales, DA = Direct Appraisal of Honesty, DS = Defensive Symptoms. IF = Improbable Failure (IF). OS = Overly Specified Symptoms. INC = Inconsistency of Symptoms.

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