The Brooklands Insight Scale

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Assessing insight into Offending and Challenging Behaviour in people intellectual disabilities: The Brooklands Insight Scale

• IRAS ID

  195514

• Contact name

  Gareth Hickman

• Contact email

  Gareth.Hickman@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 4 months, 30 days

• Research summary

  The aim of the proposed research is assess the statistical properties of a new psychometric measure of insight. This measure is intended to assess the insight and understanding of individuals with intellectual disabilities who engage in offending and / or challenging behaviour. The measurement scale would aim to assess insight in two domains: 1) Insight into risk of offending and/or challenging behaviours; and 2) Insight into the need for treatment for offending and/or challenging behaviours.

  The proposed measure, which has been developed through clinical practice, aims to be suitable for assessing insight into offending behaviour however it recognises that some individuals may have offending, pre-offending or offence-paralleling behaviour that has not led directly to a conviction (summarised as challenging behaviour). As such the wording permits assessment of behaviours that may cause problems or lead to an individual getting into trouble (e.g. legally/prevention of access to services).

  It is primarily designed for use with inpatient populations however could be used in community services. The measure is designed for use with individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. There is no specified age range. The only criterion is that individuals assessed are able to consent to the assessment and have sufficient cognitive ability to understand the concepts and language of the scale.

  Research Questions
  1. Does the Insight Scale have acceptable inter-rater reliability?
  2. Does the Insight Scale have acceptable test-retest reliability?
  3. Does the Insight Scale have acceptable internal consistency?

  Acceptable correlation coefficient indicated by 0.7 coefficient (Nunally, 1978; Pallant, 2013).

  Data Collection
  1. Administer to between 20-40 participants
  2. Re-administer following a two week interval
  3. Comparison of scoring of two independent raters of administered assessments

  Anticipated Outcomes
  The development of a reliable and valid outcome measure for clinical and research use.

  References
  Nunally, J.O. (1978). Psychometric theory. New York. McGraw-Hill.

  Pallant, J. (2013). SPSS survival manual (5th Ed). New York. McGraw-Hill.

• REC name

  West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/WM/0367

• Date of REC Opinion

  14 Oct 2016

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion