Investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the United Kingdom
Psychiatric nursing staff (N=139) working within UK medium-secure hospitals participated in exploring attitude and coping strategies towards deliberate self-harm within in-patients diagnosed with either an Intellectual Disability or Personality Disorder. Additionally, this study explored whether cop...
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| description | Psychiatric nursing staff (N=139) working within UK medium-secure hospitals participated in exploring attitude and coping strategies towards deliberate self-harm within in-patients diagnosed with either an Intellectual Disability or Personality Disorder. Additionally, this study explored whether coping strategies, age, gender, job-role and length of experience influenced attitude. Using online surveys, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire and Attitudes Towards Deliberate Self-Harm Questionnaire (Dutch-Version) were administered. Results found that staff were negative towards self-harm and that two styles of coping strategies were significantly found. Seeking Social Support was significant for staff working with patients diagnosed with Personality Disorders, whereas Problem-Solving was significant for those working with Intellectual Disabilities. No significance was found between age, gender, job-role or length of experience. A significant regression was found between coping strategies and attitude, which accounted for 22.2% variation. Confrontative Coping strategy was found to be the only significant, positive relationship towards staff attitude. |
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| spelling | nottingham-553882025-02-28T14:16:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55388/ Investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the United Kingdom Inger, James Alexander Psychiatric nursing staff (N=139) working within UK medium-secure hospitals participated in exploring attitude and coping strategies towards deliberate self-harm within in-patients diagnosed with either an Intellectual Disability or Personality Disorder. Additionally, this study explored whether coping strategies, age, gender, job-role and length of experience influenced attitude. Using online surveys, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire and Attitudes Towards Deliberate Self-Harm Questionnaire (Dutch-Version) were administered. Results found that staff were negative towards self-harm and that two styles of coping strategies were significantly found. Seeking Social Support was significant for staff working with patients diagnosed with Personality Disorders, whereas Problem-Solving was significant for those working with Intellectual Disabilities. No significance was found between age, gender, job-role or length of experience. A significant regression was found between coping strategies and attitude, which accounted for 22.2% variation. Confrontative Coping strategy was found to be the only significant, positive relationship towards staff attitude. 2018-12-13 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55388/2/Masters%20Research%20Portfolio..pdf Inger, James Alexander (2018) Investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the United Kingdom. MSc(Res) thesis, University of Nottingham. Self harm; Secure hospitals; Suicide risk; Inpatient psychiatric staff; Staff attitudes |
| spellingShingle | Self harm; Secure hospitals; Suicide risk; Inpatient psychiatric staff; Staff attitudes Inger, James Alexander Investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the United Kingdom |
| title | Investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the United Kingdom |
| title_full | Investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the United Kingdom |
| title_fullStr | Investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the United Kingdom |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the United Kingdom |
| title_short | Investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the United Kingdom |
| title_sort | investigating nursing staff attitude and coping strategies on deliberate self-harm in patients diagnosed with personality disorders or intellectual disabilities and who are situated within medium-secure hospitals within the united kingdom |
| topic | Self harm; Secure hospitals; Suicide risk; Inpatient psychiatric staff; Staff attitudes |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55388/ |