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Collins, Kirsten; Gratton, Caroline; Heneage, Celia; Dagnan, Dave – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: This study aimed to develop a self-report measure of paid caregivers' empathy towards people with intellectual disabilities. Materials and Methods: Following questionnaire development, 194 staff working in services for people with intellectual disabilities completed self-report questionnaires, including the new empathy measure. The…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregivers, Empathy, Intellectual Disability
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Disley, Philip; Hatton, Chris; Dagnan, Dave – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2013
Background: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Equity Perception Scale -- Intellectual Disability Services (EPS-IDS), a detailed measure of staff equity perceptions in services for people with intellectual disability (ID). The EPS-IDS contains 3 relationship indices that assess staff relationships with their…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Intellectual Disability, Caregiver Attitudes
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Hill, Chris; Dagnan, Dave – Journal of Learning Disabilities (United Kingdom), 2002
A study examined the role of coping style attributions and emotions in response to challenging behavior in predicting helping behaviors of 33 support staff of people with mental retardation. Coping styles of practical problem solving and wishful thinking and attributions of controllability and internality were significant predictors of effort in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Attitudes, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education