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Stressors, coping strategies and stress-related outcomes among direct care staff in staffed houses for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1995, pp.252-271.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Self-reported stressors, coping strategies and stress-related out-comes were explored among direct-care staff working in two networks of small staffed houses for people with learning disabilities. Reports on the research methods used and the conclusions drawn from the investigation.
Understanding factors that influence staff responses to challenging behaviours: an exploratory interview study
- Author:
- HASTINGS Richard P.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1995, pp.296-320.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Staff beliefs about challenging behaviours, and their perception of their working environment, are important for two main reasons. Firstly, the manner in which staff define challenging behaviour affects who is labelled as a challenge, and who is referred to specialist services. Secondly, staff views of their working environment may help us to understand why staff interact with people with learning disabilities in apparently counter-habilitative ways outlined in previous research. These issues were investigated in a systematic semi-structured interview of care staff. These findings, and their implications for research and practice, are discussed.
Inter-informant agreement on the motivation assessment scale: another failure to replicate
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Sarah, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(3), 1995, pp.203-208.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Evaluates the inter-informant agreement on the Motivation Assessment Scale across 42 topographies of challenging behaviour in five children with severe intellectual disabilities. The results revealed unacceptably low levels of inter-informant agreement on the purported behavioural function of the rated challenging behaviours.
Expressed emotion, attributions and coping in staff who have been victims of violent incidents
- Authors:
- COTTLE Mandy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(3), 1995, pp.168-183.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
In some occupations, there is an increased risk of becoming a victim of a violent incident. Nursing and care work, in settings for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, or who have mental health needs, are occupations which can involve such a risk. This study examined how staff felt, after a violent incident, towards the perpetrator of the incident, and the reasons that the care staff gave as to their belief about the cause of the incident. Coping was investigated by looking at measures of anxiety.
Residential behaviour and staff interaction with people with intellectual disabilities and seriously challenging behaviour in residential services
- Authors:
- FELCE David, LOWE Kathy, BLACKMAN Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1995, pp.272-295.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
The behaviour of residents with severe intellectual disabilities and severely challenging behaviour and the interactions they received from staff were observed. Eight people lived in traditional hospitals and eight in community settings. The two groups were individually matched by adaptive ability. Looked at two case studies which, with other recent research, point to the impact which the content and focus of staff attention can have on resident activity patterns. Comparison to research on people with less severe challenging behaviour supports the contention that individuals with the most severe challenging behaviours tend to lead more impoverished lives.
Police involvement with clients having intellectual disabilities: a pilot study in South London
- Authors:
- McNULTY Craig, KISSI-DEBORAH Rosamund, NEWSOM-DAVIES Imogen
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(2), 1995, pp.129-136.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Following the increasing trend for de-institutionalisation of people with learning disabilities, community services are increasingly being utilised to support those who also display challenging behaviours. Where severely challenging behaviours are involved community service providers may require additional support from the police service. Reports on a retrospective pilot study among two major community care providers in South London, and looks at the reasons for calling the police, the frequency with which the police were called; staff expectations in calling the police and the outcomes for the clients in terms of further involvement with the criminal justice system.
A regional mental impairment service
- Authors:
- CUMELLA Stuart, SANSOM David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(3), 1994, pp.257-272.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
There is no consistent pattern of services in England for people with learning disability who offend or have severe anti-social behaviours. Looks at services in one English health region where the mental impairment service comprises two residential units on hospital sites. Recommends that priority be given to the development of local mental impairment services rather than new medium-secure assessment units.
A checklist of challenging behaviour: the development of a survey instrument
- Authors:
- HARRIS Philip, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(2), 1994, pp.118-133.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports the development of a checklist of challenging behaviour, and the difficulties of measuring changes in aggressive behaviour.
Connotations of labels for mental handicap and challenging behaviour: a review and research evaluation
- Authors:
- HASTINGS Richard P., REMINGTON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(3), 1993, pp.237-249.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
The terms used to denote the concepts of mental handicap and challenging behaviour are a matter of continuing controversy. In the first part of this paper, research concerned with evaluating the impact of such labels is reviewed, and the value of semantic technique for assessing the connotative effect of labels is proposed. In the second part, this approach was evaluated in a study which found that the more recently coined terms were rated more favourably than more traditional descriptions. Nevertheless, virtually all the terms assessed carried negative, rather than neutral or positive, connotations. The results are discussed in terms of the need to devise descriptions that will promote more positive social representations of mental handicap.
MIETS: a service option for people with mild mental handicaps and challenging behaviour and/or psychiatric problems. 3: Follow-up of the first six clients to be discharged: diverse measures of the effectiveness of the service
- Authors:
- CLARE I.C.H., MURPHY G.H.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(1), 1993, pp.70-91.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
A follow-up study of the first six clients of the Mental Impairment Evaluation and Treatment Service is described.