SIMS (Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology)

The Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) is a psychometric test that measures neurological and psychiatric symptom exaggeration and feigning. Psychologists and other clinicians use the SIMS to screen for possible malingering.[1]

The SIMS is a self-report screening questionnaire made of 75 true/false items. From a psychometric point of view, the SIMS generally demonstrates very good sensitivity and specificity.[2][3]

The SIMS has been translated into German,[4] Italian,[5] Spanish,[6][7] and Dutch.[8]

The SIMS has also been used to investigate, in medical-legal and forensic contexts, the distorting impact that the evaluative context itself exerts on the tendency of subjects with mental psychopathology (psychosis) to amplify symptoms.[9]

Note

  1. ↑ Smith, G. P.; Burger, G. K. (1997). "Detection of malingering: Validation of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS)". Journal of the Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 25: 180–183.
  2. ↑ Merckelbach (2013). "De Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS): Een update" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Neuropsychologie.
  3. ↑ Impelen, Alfons van; Merckelbach, Harald; Jelicic, Marko; Merten, Thomas (2014-11-17). "The Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 28 (8): 1336–1365. doi:10.1080/13854046.2014.984763. ISSN 1385-4046. PMID 25494444.
  4. ↑ Cima, M; Hollnack, S; Kremer, K; Knauer, E; Schellbach-Matties, R; Klein, B; Merckelbach, H (2003). "[The German version of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology: SIMS]". Nervenarzt. 74: 977–86. doi:10.1007/s00115-002-1438-5. PMID 14598034.
  5. ↑ Italian version
  6. ↑ Spanish version
  7. ↑ "Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology™: Spanish With Norms". www.parinc.com. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  8. ↑ Dutch version
  9. ↑ Montrone, Alessandro; Martino, Vito; Grattagliano, Ignazio; Massaro, Ylenia; Campobasso, Filippo; Lisi, Andrea; Di Conza, Angiola; Catanesi, Roberto (2016). "L'uso del test sims nella valutazione psicodiagnostica delle condotte distorsive: la simulazione. Uno studio pilota" [Use of the SIMS test in psychological assessment of distorting behavior: simulation. A pilot study.]. Rassegna Italiana di Criminologia [Italian Journal of Criminology] (in Italian). 48 (2): 139–145. ISSN 2240-8053. Retrieved 2017-06-02.

Bibliography

G. P. Smith, G. K. Burger. Detection of malingering: Validation of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS). Journal of the Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 25 (1997), pp. 180–183

Publisher (Psychological Assessment Resources [PAR]) product page for the SIMS

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