Developing a betrayal scale for people with personality disorders
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The development and validation of a psychometric betrayal scale for people with personality disorders
IRAS ID
172924
Contact name
Janet Feigenbaum
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 1 months, 1 days
Research summary
The aim of this study is to create a self report measure of betrayal which encapsulates it's cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences. The aim of the research is to develop a valid and reliable scale of the psychological consequences of betrayal that can be used to understand and guide formulations of those with personality disorders.
Previous research illustrates severe and pervasive negative emotional, behavioural and cognitive consequences of betrayal (Rachman, 2010). Existing measures of betrayal (Goldberg and Freyd, 2006) capture whether a betrayal event has occurred but do not measure the psychosocial consequences of the betrayal event. Therefore the current study aims to develop a psychometric measure that captures the psychosocial consequences of betrayal.
The study will be a non-experimental design and involves administering psychometric measures to two populations; for people with a Personality Disorder diagnosis and a healthy control group. Participants will be able to complete the scale both online or on paper forms. Participants will be recruited from NHS mental health services, private organisations, social networking websites and charities in order to gain a wide representation of both a clinical and non-clinical sample. Their answers will be used to analyse how reliable (can measure accurately) and valid (gets to the right issue) is the scale. Participants will be asked to answer a number of additional questionnaires to help us understand the consequences and origins of feeling betrayal.
Through understanding betrayal in more detail, we hope that this study will lead to the development of improved psychological therapies for those who experience high levels of betrayal and its consequences.
REC name
East Midlands - Nottingham 2 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/EM/0431
Date of REC Opinion
26 Oct 2015
REC opinion
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