BEHAVIORAL KNOWLEDGE AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CAREGIVERS

Authors
DONAT DC MCKEEGAN GF
Citation
Dc. Donat et Gf. Mckeegan, BEHAVIORAL KNOWLEDGE AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CAREGIVERS, Psychiatric rehabilitation journal, 21(1), 1997, pp. 67-69
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation,Psychiatry
Journal title
Psychiatric rehabilitation journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
1095158X
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
67 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
1095-158X(1997)21:1<67:BKAOSA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Seventy eight psychiatric aides were administered measures to assess t heir knowledge of how to apply behavioral methods on the job and their level of occupational stress. The results revealed a significant inve rse correlation between behavioral knowledge and occupational stress. Staff members with low levels of behavioral knowledge reported higher levels of occupational stress. The implications of this result for pro viding inpatient care for people with severe psychiatic impairments is discussed.