UNDERSTANDING CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR IN OLDER PEOPLE; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTROLLABILITY BELIEFS SCALE

Dagnan, Dave; Grant, Fiona; McDonnell, Andrew

doi:10.1017/s1352465804001675

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UNDERSTANDING CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR IN OLDER PEOPLE; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTROLLABILITY BELIEFS SCALE

Published in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy • Sep 23, 2004

Authors:

Dave Dagnan

Fiona Grant

Andrew McDonnell

Abstract

Carers' beliefs about the controllability of challenging behaviour have been shown to be related to their emotional and behavioural responses to such behaviour. This paper describes the psychometric properties of a new 15-item scale that assesses such beliefs. The scale has good internal reliability...

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Controllability

Psychology

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