@article{ref1,
title="Learning disability care staff's emotional reactions to aggressive challenging behaviours: development of a measurement tool",
journal="British journal of clinical psychology",
year="1998",
author="Mitchell, G. and Hastings, R. P.",
volume="37",
number="4",
pages="441-449",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To describe the development of a rating scale measure of caregivers' emotional reactions to aggressive challenging behaviour, and to report preliminary psychometric data for the scale. DESIGN: Using previous research on staff working with people with learning disabilities, a range of likely emotional reactions to challenging behaviours were selected for possible inclusion in a rating scale measure. METHODS: A total of 83 care staff from 23 community residences for people with learning disabilities rated their recent emotional reactions to aggressive challenging behaviour using 18 emotion items. A further sample of 18 care staff participated in a test-retest study after the initial stages of scale development. RESULTS: A rating scale was developed on the basis of a factor analysis and further item analysis. The measure has two subscales: feelings of depression/anger (10 items), and feelings of fear/anxiety (5 items). The subscales have a high internal consistency, good test-retest reliability and are relatively unaffected by social desirability biases. CONCLUSIONS: The emotional reactions to aggressive challenging behaviour scale has excellent face and construct validity, and other preliminary psychometric data are promising. The scale has a number of potential research and clinical applications.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0144-6657",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}