Staff behavior toward children and adolescents in a residential facility: A self-report questionnaire

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2790-2796

  Huitink, C ^a,b   Embregts, P J C M ^a,c,d   Veerman, J W ^b,e   Verhoeven, L ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d Institute Dichterbij   (Netherlands)

^e Praktikon   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Intellectual disabilities; Residential facility; Self report; Staff behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STAFF BEHAVIOR TOWARD CLIENTS QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 80053636595     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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