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Analysis of ward staff initiatives towards mentally retarded residents:clues for intervention
Author(s) -
DUKER P. C.,
BOONEKAMP J.,
BRUMMELHUIS Y. TEN,
HENDRIX Y.,
HERMANS M.,
LEEUWE J.,
SEYS D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1989.tb01451.x
Subject(s) - mentally retarded , intervention (counseling) , residential care , psychology , stereotype (uml) , gerontology , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , developmental psychology , social psychology
. Traditionally, efforts lo improve the quality of residential care for the mentally retarded are focused on modifying particular ward staff behaviours. Several studies suggest, however, that ward staff behaviours are, at least partly, controlled by certain resident behaviours, This study investigated the relationship between resident behaviour and resident directed initiatives by ward staff. Recording occurred on four living groups with 39 residents during 32 weeks on the average for each group. Pearson product‐moment correlations revealed that residents' level of ambulation, waking state, looking behaviours, adaptive‐, maladaptive‐ and stereotype behaviours were related to the amount and quality of resident directed initiatives. The results, suggest that modifying certain resident behavioursmight offer a fruitful strategy for improving residential care for mentallyretarded individuals.