Investigating burnout and psychological well-being of staff working with people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour: The role of personality

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 549-560

  Chung, Man Cheung ^a   Harding, Carly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Challenging behaviour; Personality; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349792644     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2009.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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