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The Acceptability of Physical Restraint Procedures for People with a Learning Difficulty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Andrew A. McDonnell,
Peter Sturmey and
Bob Dearden
Andrew A. McDonnell
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Peter Sturmey
Affiliation:
Abilene State School, Texas
Bob Dearden
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
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Abstract

Three methods of physical restraint were videotaped and presented to two groups of subjects (undergraduate students and teenagers). Two of the methods recommended restraining a person with a learning difficulty on the ground; the other method proposed seating the individual in a chair. Subjects were asked to rate the social acceptability of the procedures using the Treatment Evaluation Inventory (TEI). Both undergraduate students and teenagers rated the chair method as more acceptable. The implications of these findings for the use of physical restraint procedures were discussed.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 1993, pp. 255 - 264
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1993

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