title: Staff strategies and explanations for intervening with challenging behaviours.
abstract: Behavioural models identify the actions of others as an important factor in the development and maintenance of challenging behaviours. In the present study, 109 care staff were asked about their immediate and longer-term intervention strategies for a fictitious young man's challenging behaviour. Staff descriptions of long-term interventions were largely consistent with the aims of psychological interventions. However, their immediate intervention strategies were similar to the counter-habilitative strategies identified in previous observational and self-report research. The implications of these results for models of staff behaviour, staff training, the design of behavioural programmes and future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, England.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hastings
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012112:Residential Facilities; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012931:Social Environment; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome