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Screening for Depression: Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the Glasgow Depression Scale for People with a Learning Disability (Individual and Carer Version)
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Müller, Katrin; Helmes, Almut; Kleischmann, Annika; Graser, Johannes; Bengel, Jürgen – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities should participate in the diagnostics of their mental health. The Glasgow Depression Scale for people with a Learning Disability (GDS-LD) and its Carer Supplement (GDS-CS) were translated into German and tested. Methods: Internal consistency, criterion validity and inter-test reliability were…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
The Predictive Validity of the MoCA-LD for Assessing Mental Capacity in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
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Edge, Daniel; Ewing, Louise – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: Mental capacity assessments currently rely on subjective opinion. Researchers have yet to explore the association between key cognitive functions of rational decision making and mental capacity classifications for people with intellectual disabilities. Method: Sixty-three adults completed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, which…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Screening Tests
Predicting Institutional Violence in Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: The Predictive Efficacy of the VRAG and the HCR-20
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Fitzgerald, Suzanne; Gray, Nicola S.; Alexander, Regi T.; Bagshaw, Ruth; Chesterman, Paul; Huckle, Phillip; Jones, Susan K.; Taylor, John; Williams, Tegwyn; Snowden, Robert J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: There is a developing evidence base to support the use of risk assessment instruments in offenders with intellectual disability (ID). The aim of this study was to try to develop this literature with the inclusion of a control group of mentally disordered offenders without an ID, using the HCR-20 and VRAG. Materials and Methods: The…
Descriptors: Violence, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Foreign Countries
Affiliate Stigma among Caregivers of People with Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness
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Mak, Winnie W. S.; Cheung, Rebecca Y. M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: Affiliate stigma refers to the extent of self-stigmatization among associates of the targeted minorities. Given previous studies on caregiver stigma were mostly qualitative in nature, a conceptually based, unified, quantitative instrument to measure affiliate stigma is still lacking. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and ten…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Mental Disorders, Caregivers, Predictive Validity
Inter-Rater Reliability of the Diagnoses of Psychosis and Depression in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
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Einfeld, S.; Tonge, B.; Chapman, L.; Mohr, C.; Taffe, J.; Horstead, S. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: There is a history of over-prescription of antipsychotics to individuals with intellectual disability (ID), while antidepressants may be under-prescribed. However, appropriate treatment is best supported when the diagnosis of psychosis or depression is valid and carries good predictive validity. The present authors report a study…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Psychosis, Predictive Validity, Interrater Reliability
The Reliability, Validity and Practical Utility of Measuring Supports Using the I-CAN Instrument: Part II
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Riches, Vivienne C.; Parmenter, Trevor R.; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Hindmarsh, Gabrielle; Chan, Jeff – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: There is an urgent need for developing reliable, valid and practical instruments that assess and classify the support needed by persons with disability to function in their chosen living, working and social environments. I-CAN is an instrument that addresses the frequency and level of support needed (not individual skills or deficits)…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Empowerment, Social Influences, Evaluation Methods
Risk Assessment: Actuarial Prediction and Clinical Judgement of Offending Incidents and Behaviour for Intellectual Disability Services
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Lindsay, William R.; Beail, Nigel – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: Research on prediction of violent and sexual offending behaviour has developed considerably in the mainstream criminological literature. Apart from one publication [Quinsey (2004) "Offenders with Developmental Disabilities," pp. 131-142] this has not been extended to the field of intellectual disabilities. Methods: Work on actuarial…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Predictive Validity, Prediction