Challenging behaviour and learning disabilities: The relationship between expressed emotion and staff attributions

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-216

  Weigel, Luise ^a   Langdon, Peter E ^a,b   Collins, Suzanne ^a   O'Brien, Yvonne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Broadland Clinic Forensic Services   (United Kingdom)

^c Care Principles Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SAMPLING; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745218741     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466505X67510     Document Type: Article

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