Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2022 Sep;35(5):1231-1243. doi: 10.1111/jar.13017. Epub 2022 Jun 10.
This study aimed to examine the associations between individual staff and staff team characteristics and quality of life of individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviours.
With multilevel analyses, we examined educational level, experience, attitudes and behaviours of 240 staff members, in relation to their perception of quality of life of 152 individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviours they cared for.
Two individual staff characteristics were related to better quality of life: higher educational and self-reflection levels. Of the team characteristics, higher educational level, higher self-efficacy and more friendly behaviour were associated with better quality of life. Unexpectedly, higher staff-individual ratio was related to lower quality of life.
Both individual staff and staff team characteristics are associated with quality of life, indicating the need to take staff team characteristics into account when examining quality of life.
本研究旨在探讨个体员工和员工团队特征与具有挑战性行为的智力残疾个体生活质量之间的关系。
采用多水平分析方法,我们考察了 240 名员工的教育水平、经验、态度和行为,以及他们对 152 名患有智力残疾和具有挑战性行为的个体的生活质量的感知。
有两个个体员工特征与更高的生活质量相关:更高的教育水平和更高的自我反思水平。在团队特征方面,更高的教育水平、更高的自我效能感和更友好的行为与更高的生活质量相关。出乎意料的是,更高的员工与个体比例与更低的生活质量相关。
个体员工和员工团队特征都与生活质量相关,这表明在考察生活质量时需要考虑员工团队特征。