Developing a new assessment procedure of social information processing in adolescents within secure residential care

Maaike M van Rest; Irene van Bokhoven; Maroesjka van Nieuwenhuijzen; Petri J C M Embregts; Aart Vriens; Walter Matthys

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2014.03.010

Developing a new assessment procedure of social information processing in adolescents within secure residential care

Res Dev Disabil. 2014 Jun;35(6):1402-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.03.010. Epub 2014 Apr 13.

Authors

Maaike M van Rest¹, Irene van Bokhoven², Maroesjka van Nieuwenhuijzen², Petri J C M Embregts³, Aart Vriens⁴, Walter Matthys⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies and LEARN! Research Institute for Learning and Education, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; EMGO(+) Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Psychology and Education, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.m.van.rest@vu.nl.
² Department of Clinical Child and Family Studies and LEARN! Research Institute for Learning and Education, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; EMGO(+) Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Psychology and Education, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Tranzo Scientific Center for Care and Welfare and Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
⁴ De Bascule, Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University, and Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 24727380
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.03.010

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to develop a new assessment procedure of social information processing (SIP) for adolescents, to explore its validity and to examine whether it differentiated between IQ groups. Ninety-four adolescents within secure residential care were administered the SIP instrument, the Youth Self Report and two subtests of the WISC/WAIS. Results showed that the constructs underlying the items of the instrument were associated with profiles from the SIP theory, the subsequent SIP steps were correlated, and several SIP steps were correlated to self-reported behavior. No differences were found between IQ groups. These first results have implications for adjustment of the instrument. Further research should confirm construct validity and psychometric qualities of the scales.

Keywords: Adolescents; Assessment; Mild to borderline intellectual disability (MBID); Residential care; Social information processing (SIP); Validity.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior / psychology*
Case-Control Studies
Child
Female
Humans
Intellectual Disability / psychology*
Male
Psychometrics / instrumentation
Reproducibility of Results
Residential Treatment
Social Adjustment
Social Behavior*
Social Perception*