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ERIC Number: EJ660943
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1469-0047
Helping, Attributions, Emotions and Coping Style in Response to People with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour.
Hill, Chris; Dagnan, Dave
Journal of Learning Disabilities (United Kingdom), v6 n4 p363-72 Dec 2002
A study examined the role of coping style attributions and emotions in response to challenging behavior in predicting helping behaviors of 33 support staff of people with mental retardation. Coping styles of practical problem solving and wishful thinking and attributions of controllability and internality were significant predictors of effort in helping. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Attitudes, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship, Individual Characteristics, Mental Retardation, Predictor Variables, Problem Solving, Psychological Characteristics, Staff Role, Stress Management
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom