That is, in an inpatient psychiatric population increased confused responding (high VRIN score) is related in predictable ways to increased endorsement of psychotic scales and two-point codes and to increased psychotic diagnoses. First is that among psychotically disturbed test takers, some inconsistent responding is an integral and expected mode of responding to a self-report measure. For the present study, the authors evaluated some of the complexities of the VRIN scale including its interaction with the F scale. High scores are viewed as casting suspicion on the validity of the profile. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Second Edition includes a new validity scale, the VRIN scale, intended to detect random responding.
