TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Social Workers' Intervention Preferences in Cases of Parental Violence Toward Intellectually Disabled Children
JO  - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma
A1  - Enosh, Guy
A1  - Duvdevany, Ilana
A1  - Arzi, Lilach
SP  - 439
EP  - 455
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
N2  - Children with intellectual disabilities are at risk of being abused by family members. This study sought to identify factors influencing the intervention decisions of social workers. Fifty-nine social workers employed at welfare services participated in the study. The study used a factorial survey design describing a violent interaction between a child with intellectual disability and a parent. Professional characteristics of the workers as well as personal attitudinal characteristics had no significant effect on the preference of intervention mode. However, levels of child and parental aggression presented in the vignettes did influence the preferred intervention. Child's challenging behavior plays an important and increasing role in preferences for more intrusive and authoritative interventions, even after controlling for parental aggression.<p /> 
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SN  - 1092-6771
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926770801926187
ID  - ref1
ER  -