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Assessing Initial Psychometric Properties of the Armenian Version of the Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST) with Psychiatric Patients and Simulator Participants
Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice ( IF 0.915 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-23 , DOI: 10.1080/24732850.2021.1879209
Anahit Ter-Stepanyan 1 , Allen Azizian 1, 2 , Khachatur Gasparyan 1 , Gayane Ghazaryan 1 , Peter English 2
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ABSTRACT

Psychological tests to detect malingered or feigned symptoms of mental illness are critical in the assessment of forensic patients. The Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST) is a validated screening test for identifying malingered mental illness. The objective of this study was to translate, adapt, and validate the M-FAST into Armenian. Fifty-four psychiatric patients and 54 simulator participants drawn from the Republic of Armenia were tested with an M-FAST that had been translated into Armenian. The Armenian M-Fast Total and Subscale scores were comparable to the original version with adequate-to-high internal consistency. M-FAST total scores were significantly higher in the simulator group (M = 12.83) than psychiatric patients (M = 6.83) [d = 1.46]. Results provide evidence that the Armenian translation of the M-FAST is comprehensible to both test-taker and test-administrator and represents a promising screening measure for the detection of feigned symptoms of mental illness.



中文翻译:

与精神病患者和模拟参与者一起评估亚美尼亚版米勒法医症状评估 (M-FAST) 的初始心理测量特性

摘要

检测精神疾病的伪装或假装症状的心理测试对于法医患者的评估至关重要。米勒法医症状评估测试 (M-FAST) 是一种经过验证的筛查测试,用于识别装病的精神疾病。本研究的目的是将 M-FAST 翻译、改编和验证为亚美尼亚语。来自亚美尼亚共和国的 54 名精神病患者和 54 名模拟器参与者接受了已翻译成亚美尼亚语的 M-FAST 测试。亚美尼亚语 M-Fast 总分和分量表分数与原始版本相当,具有足够到高的内部一致性。模拟器组的 M-FAST 总分(M = 12.83)显着高于精神病患者(M = 6.83) [ d= 1.46]。结果提供的证据表明,M-FAST 的亚美尼亚语翻译对于考生和考试管理员来说都是可以理解的,并且代表了一种很有前途的筛查措施,用于检测假装的精神疾病症状。

更新日期:2021-01-23
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