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Direct linkFrottier, Patrick; Koenig, Franz; Seyringer, Michaela; Matschnig, Teresa; Fruehwald, Stefan – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
The "Viennese Instrument for Suicidality in Correctional Institutions" (VISCI) presented here is based on the results of a large case-control study and on research on literature examining suicide prevention in general and in the prison population in particular. The aim of this study was to validate the properties of the VISCI to differentiate…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Prevention, Suicide, Institutionalized Persons
Smith, Kimberly R. M.; Matson, Johnny L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Behavior problems such as aggression, property destruction, stereotypy, self-injurious behavior, and other disruptive behavior are commonly observed among adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and epilepsy residing at state-run facilities. However, it is unknown how these populations differ on behavior…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Visual Impairments, Epilepsy, Self Destructive Behavior
Kirchner, Teresa; Forns, Maria; Mohino, Susana – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
Self-harming behavior during incarceration has been a topic of increasing attention in recent years. Some authors attribute these episodes to the high level of stress that imprisonment generates coupled with a low quality of coping strategies employed by inmates. The main aim of this study was to identify, by means of coping typologies, prisoners…
Descriptors: Coping, Self Destructive Behavior, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Gonzalez, Melissa L.; Dixon, Dennis R.; Rojahn, Johannes; Esbensen, Anna J.; Matson, Johnny L.; Terlonge, Cindy; Smith, Kimberly R. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: The aim of this study was to reevaluate the reliability (internal consistency, inter-rater and re-test) and the factor structure of the Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI-01) with adults with intellectual disabilities who resided in a state-run developmental centre. Methods: BPI-01 was administered to informants who had known…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Self Destructive Behavior, Mental Retardation, Test Reliability
Toch, Hans; Kupers, Terry A. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2007
A close review of prison violence makes it obvious that a disproportionate amount of such violence is related to the mental health problems of prisoners, and that, in the U.S. at least, this appears to have become increasingly the case. One reason for the trend is that prison administrators have been routinely relegating disturbed disruptive…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Mental Health, Violence, Institutionalized Persons
Hales, H.; Davison, S.; Misch, P.; Taylor, P. J. – Journal of Adolescence, 2003
Prison suicide rates are increasing. The impact of witnessing a suicide or how many people do so is unknown. The aim of this study was to find how many young people detained in a Young Offenders' Institution (YOI) have had contact with another's suicide attempt and to test for association between this and own self-harming behaviour. A…
Descriptors: Intervention, Correctional Institutions, Males, Institutionalized Persons
