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Dagnan, Dave – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: The evidence supporting the application of Weiner's motivational model of helping to the behaviour of carers' of people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviour is inconsistent. One suggested reason for this is that many studies use stimuli that might generate different responses from those to actual instances of…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Vignettes, Mental Retardation, Responses
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Dilworth, Jennifer A.; Phillips, Neil; Rose, John – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: Previous research has suggested that severity of intellectual disability (ID) and topography of behaviour may influence staff causal attributions regarding challenging behaviour. Subsequently, these causal attributions may influence helping behaviours. This study investigated the relationship between attributions of control over…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Mental Retardation, Social Environment, Severity (of Disability)