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Development of the illness perception questionnaire mental health
- Authors:
- WITTEMAN Cilia, BOLKS Lisabeth, HUTSCHEMAEKERS Giel
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 20(2), 2011, pp.115-125.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
It has been shown that influencing patients’ negative perceptions of their illnesses is conductive to recovery and effective coping with the illness. This article considers the effect of clients’ problem perceptions in mental health care, and describes the development of a brief instrument to chart the experience of clients with psychological problems. The aim of the study was to develop a concise general version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R), a questionnaire originally developed for somatic illness, to assess how clients experience their mental health problems. The IPQ-R was adapted to psychological complaints; in particular adaptations were required to the scales that assess clients' perceptions of what their problem actually is, and what its causes are. The adapted instrument, the IPQ-Mental Health (IPQ-MH), consists of 3 parts: the identity scale; the structure scale; and the cause scale. The IPQ-MH was administered to 274 mental health clients, and psychometric analyses subsequently performed over the scores. The results showed that the identity scale of the IPQ-MH differentiates different clients, and the cause scale reliably measures clients' attributions of causes to their mental problems. The structure scale of the IPQ-MH replicates that of the original IPQ-R. The article concludes that the IPQ-MH can reliably assess clients' mental health problem perceptions.
The validity of questionnaire self-report of psychopathology and parent–child relationship quality in juvenile delinquents with psychiatric disorders
- Authors:
- REUK R. E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 30(5), September 2007, pp.761-771.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
The present study focuses on the validity of questionnaire self-report of psychopathology and parent–child relationship quality for juvenile delinquents with severe behavioural and psychiatric disorders by comparing information derived from questionnaire self-report with information from other sources, including parent report, in-depth interviewing, behavioural observation by clinicians, and official criminal records. The sample consisted of N=33 juvenile delinquents with psychiatric disorders. The juvenile delinquents did not report increased levels of psychopathology or poor relationships with their parents, which is inconsistent with the fact that all juvenile delinquents were in day treatment for severe behavioural maladaptation and relationship problems. Moreover, parent ratings of psychopathology were consistently in the clinical range and relationship quality was evaluated as very poor by the parents. It is concluded that screening instruments for psychopathology and assessment of relationship quality relying on questionnaire self-report may not yield valid scores in this (extreme) population of juvenile delinquents.
Deployment-related stress and trauma in Dutch soldiers returning from Iraq: prospective study
- Authors:
- ENGLEHARD Iris M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 191(8), August 2007, pp.140-145.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Some questionnaire studies have shown increased mental health problems, including probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in soldiers deployed to Iraq. The aim was to test prospectively whether such problems change over time and whether questionnaires provide accurate estimates of deployment-related PTSD compared with a clinical interview. Dutch infantry troops from three cohorts completed questionnaires before deployment to Iraq (n=479), and about 5 months (n=382, 80%) and 15 months (n=331, 69%) thereafter. Post-traumatic stress disorder was evaluated by questionnaire and clinical interview. There were no group changes for general distress symptoms. The rates of PTSD for each cohort were 21, 4 and 6% based on questionnaires at 5 months. The deployment-related rates of PTSD based on the clinical interview were 4, 3 and 3%. There was a specific effect of deployment on mental health for a small minority. Questionnaires eliciting stress symptoms gave substantial overestimations of the rate of PTSD.