| Autor: |
Van Camp, Carole M., Lerman, Dorothea C., Cherry, Katie E., Bielecki, Joanne |
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Clinical Gerontologist; 2005, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p11-25, 15p, 2 Graphs |
| Abstrakt: |
We conducted descriptive analyses of disruptive behavior exhibited by four elderly adults residing in a nursing home. Reciprocal interactions between the nursing home staff and participants were examined using a recently refined methodology for evaluating descriptive data (Vollmer, Borrero, Wright, Van Camp, & Lalli, 2001) that builds upon previous work on descriptive analysis (e.g., Bakeman & Gottman, 1997). Data analysis revealed that the staff provided low levels of attention to the residents overall. Three participants' disruptive behavior neither increased nor decreased the amount of attention that they received from the staff. For the other participant, staff were somewhat more likely to remove their attention when the resident was engaged in disruptive behavior than when the resident was not disruptive. Results suggest that this methodology may be useful for investigating staff-resident interactions and for furthering our understanding about important relations between staff behavior and disruptive behavior. Implications of the findings for the treatment of disruptive behavior and directions for future research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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