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The Move from Hospital: A Long‐Term Follow‐up of Challenging Behaviour Levels
Author(s) -
Collins Graham,
Halman Freyja
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1996.tb00119.x
Subject(s) - aggression , sample (material) , psychology , term (time) , challenging behaviour , rating scale , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , learning disability
Levels of challenging behaviour were studied in a sample of 16 people who moved from a hospital to community settings. Ratings on the Challenging Behaviour Scales showed that aggression to residents decreased significantly. Aggression to staff and self‐injurious behaviour showed non‐significant downward trends but destruction of objects continued at prior levels. The study concluded that caution needs to be taken in using rating scales, and results from them should always be backed up by other evidence.