The development of a shortened 'ways of coping' questionnaire for use with direct care staff in learning disability services
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1995, pp.237-251.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports on the development of the Shortened Ways of Coping (Revised) Questionnaire (SWC-R), a measure of staff coping strategies designed to be easily administered and scored in work settings. The reliability of the SWC-R was evaluated by administering questionnaires containing SWC-R to direct care staff in four learning disability services and, in attempt to explore issues of validity, measures of social desirability, distress, overall job satisfaction, overall life satisfaction, and propensity to leave the organisation. Discusses the results and recommends further use of the SWC-R in research concerning direct care staff in human services.
- Subject terms:
- learning disabilities, job satisfaction, residential care, severe learning disabilities, stress, staff, coping behaviour, gender;
- Content type:
- research
- Link:
- Journal home page
- ISSN print:
- 0952-9608