Variability in staff reports of the frequency of challenging behavior

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-231

  McGill, Peter ^a   Hughes, David ^a   Teer, Kerry ^a   Rye, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANAGER; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; STAFF; STEREOTYPY; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035033801     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(01)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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