title: A preliminary study into the relationship between emotional perception ability and challenging behaviour in adults with an intellectual disability.
abstract: This preliminary study explores the relationships between challenging behaviour and emotional perception in a population of adults with intellectual disabilities, in order to establish whether there are grounds for further study. Cross-sectional data were collected from 96 participants with intellectual disabilities and 95 carers. The service user participants completed the Emotional Perception Questionnaire, whilst carers completed the Checklist for Challenging Behaviour. Correlational analyses were employed to analyse relationships between the variables. A post hoc between-group analysis was conducted to compare the emotional recognition abilities of people with high-frequency challenging behaviour with those with low-frequency challenging behaviour. Significant negative associations were found between emotional perception and challenging behaviour frequency and management difficulty. Significant differences in emotional perception abilities were found between people with high frequency and those with low-frequency challenging behaviours. The study suggests that emotional perception is important in understanding challenging behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Caswell Clinic, UK Bronwen.Davies2@wales.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Bronwen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.affiliation: Cardiff University, UK.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Frude
authors.affiliation: Cardiff University, UK.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.affiliation: Llanfrechfa Grange, UK.
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.affiliation: Llanfrechfa Grange, UK.
authors.forename: Caley
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: challenging behaviour; emotion; emotional perception; emotional recognition; intellectual disability