Adapting measures of social climate for use with individuals with intellectual developmental disability in forensic settings
Bell, Natalie and Tonkin, Matthew and Chester, Verity and Craig, Leam (2017) Adapting measures of social climate for use with individuals with intellectual developmental disability in forensic settings. Psychology, Crime & Law. pp. 1-17. ISSN 1068-316X
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Abstract
The social climate of forensic settings is thought to impact on a number of important clinical and organisational outcomes and is, therefore, an important construct in
relation to the successful functioning of forensic units. A variety of self-report questionnaires have been developed to objectively measure the social climate of forensic settings (e.g. the Correctional Institutions Environment Scale and the Essen Climate Evaluation Schema), however these questionnaires have not been validated
for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD). Given the prevalence of IDD in prison and forensic psychiatric settings and the potential impact of such cognitive deficits on the ability to complete a range of self-report questionnaires, it is important to consider the potential reliability and validity of existing social climate measures in IDD populations. This article will, therefore: 1)
examine the cognitive, linguistic and response format difficulties that may arise when administering self-report measures of social climate in IDD populations; 2) consider
potential adaptations to existing measures of social climate that might make them more suitable for use with IDD populations; and 3) identify important directions for future research in the area.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2017.1298761 | ||||||
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| Subjects: | CAH04 - psychology > CAH04-01 - psychology > CAH04-01-01 - psychology (non-specific) | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences > Dept. Psychology | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Silvio Aldrovandi | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2017 10:47 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2022 15:42 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4931 |
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