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A collaborative approach to reducing stress among staff
- Authors:
- HODGKINS Christopher, ROSE David, ROSE John
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 12.07.05, 2005, pp.35-36.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Stress has been identified as an important issue among residential carers looking after individuals with learning disabilities. This article describes the implementation of a stress-management programme on a residential site for people with learning disabilities, which significantly reduced levels of anxiety and burnout.
Negative Emotional Reactions to Challenging Behaviour and Staff Burnout: Two Replication Studies
- Authors:
- ROSE David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(3), September 2004, pp.219-223.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Data were analysed from two samples of staff. In study 1, 101 staff rated their typical emotional reactions to challenging behaviours experienced as a part of their work and completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). In study 2, 99 staff rated their negative emotional reactions to written challenging behaviour vignettes and also completed the MBI. In both studies, significant positive correlations were found between negative emotional reactions to challenging behaviour and emotional exhaustion and depersonalization burnout but no association was found with personal accomplishment scores. These findings replicate previous results, but cannot be used to support the putative causal relationship between emotional reactions to challenging behaviour and staff well-being. Clinical implications of a focus on staff emotional reactions to challenging behaviour are discussed.