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The Association between Aggressive Behaviour and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Shared Risk Factors in Adults with Mild Intellectual Disability
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Marlieke van Swieten; Peter de Looff; Joanneke VanDerNagel; Robert Didden – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Aggressive behaviour (AB) and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) are common in people with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning, leading to adverse consequences for themselves and those around them. Method: We investigated the relationship between AB (both total and physical in particular) and NSSI and risk…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Aggression, Self Destructive Behavior, Adults
Predicting Aggression in Adults with Intellectual Disability: A Pilot Study of the Predictive Efficacy of the Current Risk of Violence and the Short Dynamic Risk Scale
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Lofthouse, Rachael E.; Golding, Laura; Totsika, Vasiliki; Hastings, Richard P.; Lindsay, William R. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Structured assessments have been shown to assist professionals to evaluate the risk of aggression in secure services for general offender populations and more recently among adults with intellectual disabilities. There is a need to develop intellectual disability sensitive measures for predicting risk of aggression in community…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Aggression, Adults, Intellectual Disability
An Exploration of Costs of Community-Based Specialist Health Service Provision for the Management of Aggressive Behaviour in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
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Unwin, Gemma; Deb, Shoumitro; Deb, Tanya – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: In the UK, people with intellectual disabilities who exhibit aggressive behaviour often receive community-based specialist health services from a community learning disability team (CLDT). Our aim was to estimate costs associated with this provision and to identify predictors of higher costs. Method: Costs were estimated for 60 adults…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Aggression, Predictor Variables
The Dynamic Risk Assessment and Management System: An Assessment of Immediate Risk of Violence for Individuals with Offending and Challenging Behaviour
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Lindsay, William R.; Murphy, Lesley; Smith, Gordon; Murphy, Daniel; Edwards, Zoe; Chittock, Chris; Grieve, Alan; Young, Steven J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Purpose: Research on dynamic risk assessment has developed over the last 10 years and a number of variables have emerged as being possible predictors of future sexual and violent offences. These variables include hostile attitude/anger and compliance with routine. In 2002, Thornton ("Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research & Treatment" 14, 139)…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Sexual Abuse, Mental Retardation, At Risk Persons