A comparison of the behavioral observation system (BOS) with clinician ratings of psychosis and mania

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship of the behavioral observation system (BOS; LePage & Mogge, 2001) and clinician ratings of psychosis and mania. Fifty interviews with psychiatric inpatients using the Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms, the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms, and the Young Mania Rating scale were completed. Paraprofessionals completed a BOS on the patient during the same day of the clinician's interview. The results of the study demonstrate the convergent validity of the BOS scales and support the use of the BOS by paraprofessionals to assess behaviors associated with psychosis and mania.

Experienced practitioners' use of observation in applied sport psychology.

“…Ultimately, what has emerged from the findings is a substantial need for greater evidence to underpin how observation can be effectively applied in sport psychology practice. We recommend drawing upon allied professions, such as clinical psychology (Lewis-Smithson et al, 2010), sport coaching (Webster et al, 2013), and the medical literature (Hauer et al, 2011) as disciplines who have recognized the importance placed upon evaluating behavior and hence developed their observational evidence. These allied disciplines, may therefore have parallels and transferrable recommendations to the effective use of observation within applied sport psychology.…”

“…Undeniably, across a range of allied professions, the impact of observation on human effectiveness is apparent. For example, the use of observation within school classrooms (Gresham, 2011), clinical observations of psychiatric patients (Lewis-Smithson, Mogge, & LePage, 2010), family interactions (Markman, Leber, Cordova, & St. Peters, 1995), and medics training to become doctors (Hauer, Holmboe, & Kogan, 2011) provide exemplars where observation provides an appropriate method for collecting information to enhance practice effectiveness.…”