The development of a questionnaire to assess the perceptions of care staff towards people with intellectual disabilities who display challenging behaviour

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-211

  Williams, Ruth J ^a   Rose, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenging behaviour; Episodic timeline; Questionnaire development; Staff attributions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34347205272     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629507076932     Document Type: Article

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