Assessment of protective factors in clinical practice
| Autor: | Gwenda M. Willis, Michiel de Vries Robbé |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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050103 clinical psychology
Sexual violence 05 social sciences Protective factor Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Risk analysis (engineering) 050501 criminology Added value 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Empirical evidence Risk assessment Psychology 0505 law Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Aggression and Violent Behavior. 32:55-63 |
| ISSN: | 1359-1789 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.avb.2016.12.006 |
| Popis: | Protective factors safeguard against undesirable outcomes such as violence, sexual violence and criminal behavior in general. While a growing body of theoretical and empirical literature has identified plausible protective factors and explored their underlying mechanisms and additional value to risk factors, little has been written concerning clinical assessment of protective factors. A challenge faced by clinicians working in correctional and forensic settings is how to translate emerging knowledge into applied approaches to assessment and treatment. The current paper explores the clinical assessment of protective factors. Within often time-pressed legal and clinical practice environments, feasible assessment methods are needed that add value to the current predominantly risk-focused assessment practice. The valid and reliable assessment of protective factors should aid in risk-management decision-making and help inform strengths-based treatment efforts. This paper aims to demonstrate ways to bridge the gap between theoretical and empirical knowledge regarding protective factors and their clinical applicability, and to highlight the added value of assessing protective factors. Several protective factor assessment tools are described and short cases are used to exemplify how consideration of protective factors can enhance clinical practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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