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Aspects of consensus in clinical predictions of imminent violence
Author(s) -
Werner Paul D.,
Rose Terrence L.,
Yesavage Jerome A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199007)46:4<534::aid-jclp2270460423>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , injury prevention , poison control , medicine , medical emergency
This research studied individual differences among psychiatric patients in the extent to which clinical workers agree about the likelihood that the patients will act violently. Predictions of imminent violence proneness for 40 male inpatients made by 35 experienced clinical practitioners were analyzed. As hypothesized, subgroups of patients who elicited high interjudge agreement were found, and admission profiles of these patients were presented. Clinical workers' predictive accuracy was found to be greater when they rated patients who elicited high consensus than for unselected patients or for those who elicited low consensus.