TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Learning disability care staff's emotional reactions to aggressive challenging behaviours: development of a measurement tool
JO  - British journal of clinical psychology
A1  - Mitchell, G.
A1  - Hastings, R. P.
SP  - 441
EP  - 449
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0144-6657
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -