RT Article
T1 Adapting measures of social climate for use with individuals with intellectual developmental disability in forensic settings
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 24
IS 4
SP 362
OP 378
A1 Bell, Natalie 1967-
A1 Craig, Leam A.
A1 Chester, Verity
A1 Tonkin, Matthew
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1736089412
AB 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.
K1 Social climate
K1 Developmental disability
K1 Forensic psychiatric hospital
K1 intellectual disability
K1 Prison
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2017.1298761