TY - JOUR

T1 - Carers' responses to challenging behaviour

T2 - a comparison of responses to named and unnamed vignettes

AU - Dagnan, Dave

PY - 2012/1

Y1 - 2012/1

N2 - Background The evidence supporting the application of Weiners motivational model of helping to the behaviour of carers of people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour is inconsistent. One suggested reason for this is that many studies use stimuli that might generate different responses from those to actual instances of behaviour of real people.Method Sixty-two paid carers of people with intellectual disabilities reported attributions, emotions and intended behavioural responses to behaviour presented by an unnamed person and the same behaviour presented by a named and known person. They also completed a scale of behavioural knowledge.Results Carers make more internal and global attributions and identify themselves as less optimistic in response to vignettes relating to named and known people than those relating to unnamed people. However, data from both unnamed and named vignettes are consistent in supporting Weiner's motivational model of helping in demonstrating a mediated model for controllability, anger and helping intention.Conclusions Unnamed vignettes may underestimate the intensity of carers' responses to challenging behaviour; however, this study does not provide evidence that there are qualitative differences in the interrelationships between variables in data sets obtained from unnamed and named vignettes.

AB - Background The evidence supporting the application of Weiners motivational model of helping to the behaviour of carers of people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour is inconsistent. One suggested reason for this is that many studies use stimuli that might generate different responses from those to actual instances of behaviour of real people.Method Sixty-two paid carers of people with intellectual disabilities reported attributions, emotions and intended behavioural responses to behaviour presented by an unnamed person and the same behaviour presented by a named and known person. They also completed a scale of behavioural knowledge.Results Carers make more internal and global attributions and identify themselves as less optimistic in response to vignettes relating to named and known people than those relating to unnamed people. However, data from both unnamed and named vignettes are consistent in supporting Weiner's motivational model of helping in demonstrating a mediated model for controllability, anger and helping intention.Conclusions Unnamed vignettes may underestimate the intensity of carers' responses to challenging behaviour; however, this study does not provide evidence that there are qualitative differences in the interrelationships between variables in data sets obtained from unnamed and named vignettes.

KW - attribution

KW - carers

KW - challenging behaviour

KW - methodology

KW - COGNITIVE-EMOTIONAL ANALYSIS

KW - INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

KW - STAFF

KW - PEOPLE

KW - ATTRIBUTIONS

KW - MEDIATION

KW - KNOWLEDGE

KW - SERVICES

U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00649.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00649.x

M3 - Journal article

VL - 25

SP - 88

EP - 94

JO - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

JF - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

SN - 1360-2322

IS - 1

ER -