Mediating the relation between workplace stressors and distress in ID support staff: Comparison between the roles of psychological inflexibility and coping styles

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2359-2370

  Kurz, A Solomon ^a   Bethay, J Scott ^a,b   Ladner Graham, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b North Mississippi Regional Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; African American; Coping; Intellectual disability; Mediation; Psychological flexibility; Support staff; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLEXIBILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STAFF; STAFF STRESSOR QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WISHFUL THINKING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902971057     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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