Attitudes of direct care staff towards external professionals, team climate and psychological wellbeing: A pilot study

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-120

  Rose, John ^a   Ahuja, Apninder Kaur ^b   Jones, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Psychological wellbeing; Staff attitudes; Staff stress; Staff support; Team working

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; TEAMWORK;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33646193734     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629506064008     Document Type: Article

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