Exposure to client aggression and burnout among community staff who support adults with intellectual disabilities in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 910-915

  Hensel, J M ^a,b   Lunsky, Y ^a,b   Dewa, C S ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Burnout; Challenging behaviour; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; STAFF; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84865325485     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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