Measuring staff perceptions of challenging behaviour: The Challenging Behaviour Attributions Scale (CHABA)

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 495-501

  Hastings, R P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenging behaviour; Challenging Behaviour Attributions Scale (CHABA); Staff perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 2242479425     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1997.tb00742.x     Document Type: Article

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