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What Is so Special about Forensic Psychiatric Professionals? Towards a Definition of Forensic Vigilance in Forensic Psychiatry
Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice Pub Date : 2020-11-24 , DOI: 10.1080/24732850.2020.1847569
Maartje Clercx 1, 2 , Marije Keulen-de Vos 1, 2 , Hendrik W. Nijman 3, 4 , Robert Didden 2, 5 , Henk Nijman 2, 6
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ABSTRACT

Forensic professionals have a unique role due to the precarious balance between providing care and enforcing control. In the Netherlands, the term “forensische scherpte”, which we translated as “forensic vigilance”, is widely used to indicate a core competency professionals require during work in forensic psychiatric settings. However, a clear definition and understanding of the construct is lacking, which hinders theory building, measurement, research and training. The current study aimed to capture this concept and provide a first definition.

Thirty statements about possible aspects of forensic vigilance were formulated. Participants (N = 700) were forensic psychiatric professionals. By means of an online survey, participants had to indicate how much they endorsed each statement by means of a 100 mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS) ranging from “totally disagree” at 0 mm to “totally agree” at 100 mm. The most endorsed statements included “Forensic vigilance is being able to recognize even subtle signs of impending danger/possible escalation” and “Forensic vigilance is daring to be assertive”. Fifteen statements were endorsed with a mean of 70 mm or more. Cronbach’s α of these 15 items was good (α =.844; αrange .828 –.845). The professionals regarded forensic vigilance as highly important (µ = 89.01 mm out of 100) for their work. Further research will include testing a newly constructed 15-item instrument for measuring forensic vigilance, and explore its relationship with personal and professional characteristics.



中文翻译:

法医精神病学专家有何特别之处?寻求法医精神病学中法医警戒的定义

摘要

由于提供护理和执行控制之间的不稳定平衡,法医专业人员具有独特的作用。在荷兰,术语“ forensische scherpte ”(我们翻译为“法医警戒”)被广泛用于表示专业人员在法医精神病学工作期间所需的核心能力。然而,缺乏对该结构的清晰定义和理解,这阻碍了理论的构建,测量,研究和训练。当前的研究旨在抓住这一概念并提供第一个定义。

拟定了三十份关于法医警戒可能方面的陈述。参与者(N = 700)是法医精神病学专业人员。通过在线调查,参与者必须通过100毫米视觉模拟量表(VAS)表示他们对每个陈述的认可程度,范围从0毫米的“完全不同意”到100毫米的“完全同意”。最受欢迎的声明包括“法医警戒能够识别即将发生的危险/可能升级的微妙迹象”和“法医警戒敢于果断”。赞成15项声明的平均长度为70毫米或以上。Cronbach的α这15项是好的(α  = 0.844; α范围.828 –.845)。专业人士认为,法医警惕性对他们的工作非常重要(µ = 100中的89.01毫米)。进一步的研究将包括测试新构造的15件仪器,以测量法医警惕性,并探索其与个人和专业特征的关系。

更新日期:2020-11-24
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