Simulación de síntomas en el contexto forense. Una revisión sistemática
Fecha
2019-07-11Registro en:
Perilla Gamboa, P. A. (2019). Simulación de síntomas en el contexto forense. Una revisión sistemática. Trabajo de grado especialización. Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
reponame:Repositorio Institucional Universidad Santo Tomás
instname:Universidad Santo Tomás
Autor
Perilla Gamboa, Paola Andrea
Institución
Resumen
Malingering has been a strategy of human beings throughout history to obtain benefits in different aspects, and it is thus, a common and frequent phenomenon in the psychological assessment in the forensic field. Its difficult detection and its prevalence are based on the context, and the importance of evaluation lies in the fact it enjails judicial, financial and security consequences on society. Therefore, the present degree work proposes a systematic review of the literature and the research carried out in the last ten years (2008-2018) on malingering in the forensic context. The objective of this study is to identify the advances and theoretical gaps, as well as the methods, techniques and instruments of evaluation of this construct. As sources of data, it was investigated in endexed journals of the databases ProQuest, Web of Science, Science Direct, PsycArticles, Scielo, Redalyc and Psychology Database, taking into account the inclusion and exclusion criteria, as well as a protocol for the selection and categorization of sources. However, the results indicate that: a) the description provided by the diagnostic manuals is permeated by the criminological model; b) there is no consensus regarding the conceptualization of this construct; and, c) there is no precision regarding the evaluation methodology. Therefore, a definition is proposed and the motivation of a multi-method approach for the evaluation of such an important construct is justified.