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Associations between behaviours that challenge in adults with intellectual disability, parental perceptions and parental mental health
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Waite, Jane, Rose, John, Wilde, Lucy, Eden, Kate, Stinton, Chris, Moss, Jo and Oliver, Chris (2017) Associations between behaviours that challenge in adults with intellectual disability, parental perceptions and parental mental health. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56 (4). pp. 408-430. doi:10.1111/bjc.12146 ISSN 0144-6657.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12146
Abstract
Objectives
This study examined parental perceptions of behaviours that challenge (CB) in their adult children with intellectual disability (ID), and explored whether perceptions mediated associations between CB and parental psychological distress.
Design
A within-group correlational design was employed.
Methods
Sixty-five parents reported on individuals with genetic syndromes and ID who had chronic CB. Parents completed the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised (IPQ-R) adapted to measure perceptions of self-injury, aggression or property destruction, alongside assessments of parental locus of control, attributions about behaviour, parental psychological distress, and CB.
Results
A high proportion of parents evidenced anxiety and depression at clinically significant levels (56.9% and 30.8%, respectively). Contrary to predictions, psychological distress was not significantly associated with CB. The perception that the adult with ID exerted control over the parent's life mediated the association between CB and parental psychological distress. Few parents endorsed operant reinforcement as a cause of CB (< 10%).
Conclusions
The high levels of psychological distress in parents is notable and of concern. Further research should consider the reasons why parents have causal attributions that might be inconsistent with contemporary interventions
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Clinical Psychology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0144-6657 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | November 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 56 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 408-430 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjc.12146 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ** From Crossref via Jisc Publications Router. ** Licence for this article starting on 12-08-2017: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor | ||||||||
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