The Modified Stroop Task Is Susceptible to Feigning: Stroop Performance and Symptom Over-endorsement in Feigned Test Anxiety

The Modified Stroop Task Is Susceptible to Feigning: Stroop Performance and Symptom Over-endorsement in Feigned Test Anxiety

Some researchers argue that the modified Stroop task (MST) can be employed to rule out feigning. According to these authors, modified Stroop interference effects are beyond conscious control and therefore indicative of genuine psychopathology. We examined this assumption using a within-subject desig...

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Main Authors: Irena Boskovic, Anita J. Biermans, Thomas Merten, Marko Jelicic, Lorraine Hope, Harald Merckelbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
feigning
over-reporting
test anxiety
SRSI
modified Stroop task
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01195/full

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