Table 3.
Average rated importance of credibility indicators for mental health evaluators (N=38) and legal professionals (N=77), 98 presented as mean (sd) 99
| Importance Ratings of Credibility Indicators | ||
|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Mental Health Evaluators | Legal Professionals |
| Emotional/Behavioral Congruence with Personal Story | 3.92 (1.12) | 3.55 (1.06) |
| Consistency with Psychological/Neurocognitive Models of Trauma* | 4.11 (0.92) | 3.64 (1.01) |
| Consistency with Testimony by Family or Other Witnesses | 3.57 (0.98) | 3.78 (0.95) |
| Factual Consistency in Personal Story* | 3.61 (0.89) | 4.08 (0.87) |
| Temporal Consistency in Sequence of Events* | 2.89 (1.15) | 3.63 (0.99) |
| Validity Scales | 3.04 (1.09) | 3.39 (1.23) |
| Effort Testing | 2.5 (1.22) | 3.24 (1.2) |
| Sufficiency of Detail and Specificity* | 3.58 (1.06) | 4.04 (0.93) |
| Plausibility* | 3.42 (1) | 4 (0.96) |
| Consistency across Interviews/Declarations/etc. | 3.71 (1.01) | 4.11 (0.94) |
| Demeanor | 3.63 (1.05) | 3.41 (1.04) |
| Consistency with Corroborating Evidence* | 3.76 (0.79) | 4.16 (0.75) |
| Availability of Collateral/Corroborating Evidence* | 2.78 (1.18) | 3.37 (1.12) |