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Staff stress and people who have mental health needs living in new models of service
- Author:
- ROSE John L.
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 3(2), June 2009, pp.20-25.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper introduces some of the research that has been conducted into staff stress in learning disability services. It also examines how some individual characteristics of service users, particularly challenging behaviour and mental health problems, may influence the levels of staff stress reported. Service changes as a result of the development of supported living are also considered briefly. Some suggestions are made as to how these changes might influence staff. The importance of new research investigating these developments from a staff perspective is highlighted.
Care staff perceptions of challenging behaviour and fear of assault
- Authors:
- ROSE John L., CLEARY Adam
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 32(2), June 2007, pp.153-161.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study investigates fear of assault in relation to exposure to challenging behaviour. The extent to which a social psychological model of fear of assault can be generalised to care staff working with individuals with intellectual disability (ID) was tested and the validity of the instruments used was assessed. A total of 87 care staff took part in a questionnaire-based study carried out in two separate and distinct organisations providing residential services to individuals with ID. In one service, staff exposure to challenging behaviour was high, with many clients having a forensic history, and in the other, staff exposure to challenging behaviour was low. According to one measure, care staff exposed to high levels of challenging behaviour were more fearful about work-related violence. However, no difference was found between the groups on the second measure. Regression analyses indicated some support for the generalisability of dimensions of the model of fear of assault in explaining feelings of unsafety. This study suggests that fear of assault may be an important factor when trying to understand care staff responses to challenging behaviour. However, the equivocal nature of the results raises questions about the validity of existing methods of assessing this fear.
The development of a questionnaire to assess the perceptions of care staff towards people with intellectual disabilities who display challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Ruth J., ROSE John L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 11(2), June 2007, pp.197-211.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
The perceptions of staff about challenging behaviour may be a key factor in designing successful behavioural interventions. There is a lack of robust psychometric instruments designed to assess staff attributions towards incidents of challenging behaviour. The aim of this research was to develop a scale based upon the self-regulation theory of illness behaviour. Two staff focus groups identified and clarified relevant constructs to be included in the Challenging Behaviour Perception Questionnaire (CBPQ), which was then completed by 51 staff. Some correlations between the CBPQ and the Attributional Style Questionnaire were found. A significant amount of the variance in the perception of challenging behaviour was explained by the subscales of the new questionnaire. In particular, episodic timeline would seem to be a promising area for further investigation.