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Correlates of direct care staffs’ attitudes towards aggression of persons with intellectual disabilities

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Knotter, M.H., Stams, G.J.J.M., Moonen, X.M.H., Wissink, I.B.·2016·Research in Developmental Disabilities
DOI 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.09.008
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Background and aim To explain direct care staff's attitudes (responsive or rejecting) towards aggression of clients with intellectual disability (ID), data were collected about client characteristics as well as individual and team characteristics of 475 direct care staff members, working in 71 teams. Method and results Multilevel analyses revealed that a positive team climate was positively associated with both a rejecting and responsive attitude towards aggression. Senior staff members and females showed a less responsive attitude towards aggression, whereas a relatively high percentage of females in a team and a positive attitude towards external professionals were associated with a more responsive attitude towards aggression. Unexpectedly, staff who experienced less verbal and/or physical aggressive incidents of their clients with ID showed a more rejecting attitude towards aggression. Finally, characteristics of the clients with ID accounted for the largest part of the variance in the attitude towards aggression of direct care staff, in particular psychiatric diagnoses. Conclusions and implications Further research is necessary in order to understand how team processes affect the attitude towards aggression of direct care staff. Further it is recommended to provide direct care staff with knowledge about mental disorders in clients with ID.

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Metadata

Authors
Knotter, M. H., Stams, G. J. J. M., Moonen, X. M. H., & Wissink, I. B.
Affiliations
  • De Twentse Zorgcentra (NL)
  • University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (NL)
Corresponding author
Knotter, M.H.
ORCID
Venue
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
59
Pages
294-305
ISSN
0891-4222 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.ridd.2016.09.008
OpenAlex
W2521551845
Cited by
12
References
40
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2
FWCI
1.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Social Sciences › Education › Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
Keywords
intellectual disability, aggression, direct care workers, employee attitudes, team climate, psychiatric diagnosis, client characteristics, staff characteristics, gender differences
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aggression, Allied Health Personnel, Attitude of Health Personnel, Female, Humans, Male, Intellectual Disability, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Patient Care Team, Professional-Patient Relations, Organizational Culture, Multilevel Analysis, Young Adult

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