Hensel Jennifer M, Lunsky Yona, Dewa Carolyn S
Centre for Research on Employment and Workplace Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Suite 300, 455 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON, M5S 2G8, Canada,
Community Ment Health J. 2014 Aug;50(6):743-51. doi: 10.1007/s10597-013-9636-0. Epub 2013 Aug 15.
Experiencing aggressive behaviour has been associated with increased stress and turnover among staff who support adults with intellectual disabilities. Incident perception is a strong predictor of psychological outcomes after trauma but has not been studied in this staff group. This study clustered exposure to aggression and endorsement of emotional difficulties among 386 community residential group home staff and evaluated the contribution of four behavioural topographies to staff-rated perceived severity. Staff exposure varied considerably. Perceived severity correlated with subjective emotional difficulties. High perceived severity was associated with daily exposure, aggression towards others causing injury, and property aggression causing injury or damage. Therefore, the role the staff plays, whether a witness or target, may impact their experience.
有攻击性行为的经历与为智障成年人提供支持的工作人员压力增加和人员流动率上升有关。事件认知是创伤后心理结果的一个强有力的预测指标，但尚未在这一工作人员群体中进行研究。本研究对386名社区集体家庭工作人员遭受攻击的情况和对情绪困扰的认同进行了聚类分析，并评估了四种行为形态对工作人员评定的感知严重程度的影响。工作人员遭受攻击的情况差异很大。感知严重程度与主观情绪困扰相关。高感知严重程度与日常遭受攻击、对他人造成伤害的攻击行为以及造成伤害或破坏的财产攻击行为有关。因此，工作人员所扮演的角色，无论是目击者还是目标对象，都可能影响他们的经历。
