The Face Validity of an Initial Sub-Typology of People with Autism Spectrum Disorders Detained in Psychiatric Hospitals

Autor/inn/en	Barnoux, Magali; Alexander, Regi; Bhaumik, Sabyasachi; Devapriam, John; Duggan, Connor; Shepstone, Lee; Staufenberg, Ekkehart; Turner, David; Tyler, Nichola; Viding, Essi; Langdon, Peter E.
Titel	The Face Validity of an Initial Sub-Typology of People with Autism Spectrum Disorders Detained in Psychiatric Hospitals
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 24 (2020) 7, S.1885-1897 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Langdon, Peter E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361320929457
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Crime; Intervention; Adults; Legal Problems; Validity; Classification; Psychiatric Hospitals; Vignettes; Psychiatry; Clinical Psychology; Counselor Attitudes; Evaluators; Foreign Countries; Behavior Problems; Psychosis; Psychopathology; Interrater Reliability; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Gültigkeit; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Phsychiatric institution; Psychiatrische Einrichtung; Psychiatrie; Klinische Psychologie; Ausland; Psychose; Psychopathologie; Interrater-Reliabilität; Großbritannien
Abstract	Autistic adults who have a history of committing crimes present a major problem for providers of services in terms of legal disposal options and possible interventions, and greater understanding of this group and their associated needs is required. For this reason, we aimed to investigate the face validity of a proposed sub-typology of autistic adults detained in secure psychiatric hospitals in the United Kingdom. Initially, a focus group was completed with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, healthcare workers, family members and autistic adults who had been detained in hospital, leading to revisions of the sub-typology. Following this, a consensus rating exercise of 10 clinical vignettes based on this sub-typology with three rounds was completed with 15 psychiatrists and clinical psychologists; revisions to the vignettes to improve clarity were made following each round. The findings indicated that these subtypes possess face validity and raters were able to classify all 10 clinical case vignettes into the sub-typology, and percentage of agreement ranged from 96% to 100% for overall subtype classification. This study suggests that the further validity of the sub-typology should be investigated within a larger study, as these subtypes have the potential to directly inform the hospital care pathway such that length of stay can be minimised. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01