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The association between self-report and informant reports of emotional problems in a high secure intellectual disability sample.

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Title: The association between self-report and informant reports of emotional problems in a high secure intellectual disability sample.
Authors: Lewis, Claire1 clairelewis3@hotmail.co.uk, Morrissey, Catrin2
Source: Advances in Mental Health & Intellectual Disabilities. Jun2010, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p44-49. 6p.
Subject Terms: *Anxiety, *Scale for Assessing Emotional Disturbance, Men with intellectual disabilities, Psychiatric hospital patients, Self-perception, Nursing assessment, Emotional or Behavior Disorder Scale
Abstract: The study explored the relationship between self and informant reports of emotional problems in a forensic intellectual disability sample. The Emotional Problems Scales (EPS) (Prout & Strohmer, 1991), which comprises a Self Report Inventory (EPS-SRI) and an informant Behaviour Rating Scale (EPS-BRS), was routinely administered to 30 individuals with intellectual disability in a secure forensic setting, as part of a standard clinical assessment procedure. It was hypothesised that there would be a moderate relationship between corresponding scores on the EPS-SRI and EPS-BRS. However, there were no significant relationships between corresponding scales of the EPS-SRI and EPS-BRS, apart from the EPS-SRI and EPS-BRS scales measuring anxiety (r = .376, p<.05). The results continued to be non-significant, even when positive impression management was controlled for. The findings suggest little relationship between self and informant ratings in a forensic intellectual disability sample, and therefore support the need to gather information from multiple sources when assessing such individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The study explored the relationship between self and informant reports of emotional problems in a forensic intellectual disability sample. The Emotional Problems Scales (EPS) (Prout & Strohmer, 1991), which comprises a Self Report Inventory (EPS-SRI) and an informant Behaviour Rating Scale (EPS-BRS), was routinely administered to 30 individuals with intellectual disability in a secure forensic setting, as part of a standard clinical assessment procedure. It was hypothesised that there would be a moderate relationship between corresponding scores on the EPS-SRI and EPS-BRS. However, there were no significant relationships between corresponding scales of the EPS-SRI and EPS-BRS, apart from the EPS-SRI and EPS-BRS scales measuring anxiety (r = .376, p<.05). The results continued to be non-significant, even when positive impression management was controlled for. The findings suggest little relationship between self and informant ratings in a forensic intellectual disability sample, and therefore support the need to gather information from multiple sources when assessing such individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:20441282
DOI:10.5042/amhid.2010.0320