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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
Author(s) -
Lofthouse Rachael E.,
Golding Laura,
Totsika Vasiliki,
Hastings Richard P.,
Lindsay William R.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/jar.12665
Subject(s) - aggression , intellectual disability , psychology , scale (ratio) , poison control , injury prevention , suicide prevention , predictive validity , human factors and ergonomics , test (biology) , challenging behaviour , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , physics , quantum mechanics , paleontology , biology
Abstract 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 samples, especially tools with a focus on dynamic variables. Methods The study prospectively followed 28 participants for up to 2 months to test whether the Current Risk of Violence (CuRV) and Short Dynamic Risk Scale (SDRS) were able to predict verbal and physical aggression in a community sample of adults with intellectual disability. Results CuRV and SDRS ratings significantly predicted verbal and physical aggression over a 2‐month period. Conclusions The current study supports the use of the CuRV with adults with intellectual disability living in community settings. The CuRV and SDRS are worthy of future development and evaluation in independent investigations.