Attributions of aggressive behaviour in people with mild intellectual disabilities to borderline intellectual functioning in a secure forensic setting

Figures & data

Table 1. Scores on five attributional dimensions per type of agent

	Agent
	Intrapersonal		Interpersonal		Environmental		Total
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Stable	13	(21.3)	12	(20.7)	3	(37.5)	28	(22.0)
Unstable	48	(78.7)	46	(79.3)	5	(62.5)	99	(78.0)
Global	42	(68.9)	24	(41.4)	5	(62.5)	71	(55.9)
Specific	18	(29.5)	33	(56.9)	3	(37.5)	54	(42.5)
Not coded	1	(1.6)	1	(1.7)	0	(0.0)	2	(1.6)
Internal	56	(91.8)	54	(93.1)	0	(0.0)	110	(86.6)
External	5	(8.2)	2	(3.4)	0	(0.0)	7	(5.5)
Not coded	0	(0.0)	2	(3.4)	8	(100.0)	10	(7.9)
Personal	52	(85.2)	52	(89.7)	0	(0.0)	104	(81.9)
Universal	9	(14.8)	3	(5.2)	0	(0.0)	12	(9.4)
Not coded	0	(0.0)	3	(5.2)	8	(100.0)	11	(8.7)
Controllable	17	(27.9)	50	(86.2)	0	(0.0)	67	(52.8)
Uncontrollable	44	(72.1)	5	(8.6)	0	(0.0)	49	(38.6)
Not coded	0	(0.0)	3	(5.2)	8	(100.0)	11	(8.7)
Total	61	(48.0)	58	(45.7)	8	(6.3)	127	(100.0)

Table

Causal dimension	Definition of causal dimension
Stable/unstable	Stable causes are causes that are likely to continue to influence outcomes in the future
Global/specific	Global causes are those cause that are likely to have a significant impact on several different outcomes
Internal/external	Internal causes are those believed to originate from within the person being coded
Personal/universal	Personal causes contain information concerning something unique or idiosyncratic about the person being coded
Controllable/uncontrollable	Controllable causes are causes in which the person thinks he could have influenced the outcome