Learning disability care staffs emotional reactions to aggressive challenging behaviours: Development of a measurement tool

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 441-449

  Mitchell, Georgia ^a   Hastings, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; STAFF;

EID: 0031794295     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01401.x     Document Type: Article

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