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Attributions of stability, control and responsibility : how parents of children with intellectual disabilities view their child's problematic behaviour and its causes

Jacobs, Myrthe and Woolfson, Lisa and Hunter, Simon C. (2016) Attributions of stability, control and responsibility : how parents of children with intellectual disabilities view their child's problematic behaviour and its causes. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 29 (1). pp. 58-70. ISSN 1360-2322

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Abstract

Background: Children with intellectual disabilities (ID) have high rates of behaviour problems. The aim of this study was to explore parents’ causal beliefs and attributions for general problematic child behaviour in children with different aetiologies of ID. Materials and Methods: Ten parents of children with ID participated in interviews about their child’s problematic behaviour. Results: Thematic analysis revealed that parents viewed their child’s problematic behaviour as caused by the child’s ID, by environmental shortcomings, and by other factors unrelated to the ID. Some causes were viewed as stable and uncontrollable and others as unstable and controllable. Additionally, parents showed a strong sense of responsibility for child behaviour. Conclusions: Parents of children with ID do not solely interpret their child’s problematic behaviour through the ID but incorporate the environment and non-ID-related causes and attributions which may help to promote more effective parenting.

Item type: Article
ID code: 50905
Notes: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Jacobs, M., Woolfson, L., & Hunter, S. C. (2015). Attributions of stability, control and responsibility: how parents of children with intellectual disabilities view their child’s problematic behaviour and its causes. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 29(1), 58-70, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.12158. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Keywords: parenting, intellectual disability, child behaviour, causal attributions, causal beliefs, thematic analysis, Psychology, Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Subjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology
Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Psychological Science and Health > Psychology
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited: 06 Jan 2015 12:07
Last modified: 23 Sep 2018 20:26
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URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/50905
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