Negative emotional reactions to challenging behaviour and staff burnout: Two replication studies

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-223

  Rose, David ^a   Horne, Sharon ^b   Rose, John L ^a,c   Hastings, Richard P ^d  

^a Dudley South Primary Care NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Hawkhead Rd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Challenging behaviour; Staff emotional reactions; Staff stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544287536     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2004.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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