Measuring staff behavior towards clients with ID and challenging behavior: further psychometric evaluation of the Staff-Client Interactive Behavior Inventory (SCIBI).
The SCIBI is a statistically solid, seven-factor tool you can use right now to measure and improve how staff interact with clients who have ID and challenging behavior.
01Research in Context
What this study did
The team ran two new checks on the Staff-Client Interactive Behavior Inventory (SCIBI).
They wanted to see if the seven-factor structure still held up and if the scores stayed reliable.
Participants were staff in homes for people with intellectual disability and challenging behavior.
What they found
The seven SCIBI factors came out clean again.
Internal consistency stayed high and the scale still lined up well with other tools.
In short, the SCIBI keeps its promise as a sturdy staff-behavior ruler.
How this fits with other research
Busch et al. (2010) built and first validated the same seven-factor model; the 2012 study is a straight replication that says "yes, it still works."
Lambrechts et al. (2009) warned that staff traits can skew frequency reports of challenging behavior; the SCIBI gives you a psychometrically sound way to remove that noise.
Spanoudis et al. (2011) showed paid carers can reliably complete the DBC-A for psychopathology; Griffith et al. (2012) now show the same carers can reliably complete the SCIBI for their own behavior, completing the measurement loop.
Why it matters
You now have a short, free checklist that passes the stats test across two studies.
Use it during supervision to spot staff actions that calm or trigger challenging behavior, then tie your training to those exact items.
Because the factors stayed stable, you can also track staff growth over months without switching tools.
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02At a glance
03Original abstract
Recently, the Staff-Client Interactive Behavior Inventory (SCIBI) was developed, measuring both interpersonal and intrapersonal staff behavior in response to challenging behavior in clients with ID. The aim of the two studies presented here was first to confirm the factor structure and internal consistency of the SCIBI and second to demonstrate its convergent validity. In the first study, a total of 265 support staff members, employed in residential and community services, completed the SCIBI for 62 clients with ID and challenging behavior. In the second study, 158 staff members completed the SCIBI for 158 clients, as well as the SASB-Intrex, the NIAS and the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQI). Replication of a confirmatory factor analysis resulted in a consistent seven-factor solution of the SCIBI with high levels of internal consistency. Also, mostly good convergent validity with the SASB-Intrex and sufficient to good convergent validity with the NIAS and EQI were found, except for the self-reflective intrapersonal staff behavior scale. By replicating and extending earlier results on the SCIBI, it proves to be a reliable and sufficient valid measure of interpersonal and intrapersonal behavior of staff working with people with intellectual disabilities.
Research in developmental disabilities, 2012 · doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2012.03.008