How service‐users with intellectual disabilities understand challenging behaviour and approaches to managing it
2019
Background This study explored understandings that service‐users with intellectual disabilities and
challenging behaviourheld around their behaviour, what shaped these understandings, and the relationship between how behaviours are managed and well‐being. Methods Eight participants (three female, five male) partook in individual semi‐structured qualitative interviews. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using
interpretative phenomenological analysis. Results Three master themes emerged from this analysis: (a)
challenging behaviourcan be explained via an internal or external frame of reference, with each framework having different implications for how participants attempted to manage behaviour. (b) Positive relationships provide a long‐term buffer to
challenging behaviour, with positive relationships with family, staff and peers operating through different mechanisms to achieve this. (c) A greater ability to exert power and control in day‐to‐day life was perceived to reduce
challenging behaviourin the long term. Conclusions Implications for practice are discussed.
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