Developing ward social climate and sense of community within a high security forensic psychiatric service: Evaluating a sense of community and social climate intervention

Puzzo, Ignazio; Aldridge-Waddon, Luke; Morley, Emily; Vacher, Joseph; Mitchell, Joanna; Murphy, David; Farr, Catherine

doi:10.1080/14789949.2023.2168205

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“…Providing treatment within an open group climate is considered essential to the successful recovery and rehabilitation of clients in secure residential facilities (Day et al, 2012; Harding, 2014; Leipoldt et al, 2019; Puzzo et al, 2023). Group climate in secure residential facilities is characterised by transactional processes between the clients in a group or between clients and staff members (Sameroff, 2009), and it has been defined as ‘the quality of the social‐ and physical environment in terms of the provision of sufficient and necessary conditions for physical and mental health, well‐being, contact and personal growth of the residents, with respect for their human dignity and human rights as well as (if not restricted by judicial measures) their personal autonomy, aimed at recovery and successful participation in society’ (Stams & Van der Helm, 2017, p. 4).…”

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Psychometric analysis of the Group Climate Inventory—Revised in adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning in a secure residential facility

Turhan,

Roest,

Delforterie

et al. 2023

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BackgroundIn secure residential facilities, group climate perceptions of clients with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning are systematically assessed for quality improvement. A valid and reliable measure may ensure that this process is consistent. The Group Climate Inventory—Revised (GCI‐R) is a new measure to assess group climate perceptions.MethodConfirmatory factor analysis was conducted in 148 adult clients (79% male) with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning in a secure facility to examine internal structure validity and internal consistency reliability of the GCI‐R.ResultsThe results indicate support for the five‐factor structure of the GCI‐R (‘Support’, ‘Growth’, ‘Repression’, ‘Peer interactions’, and ‘Physical environment’). The internal consistency reliability of its scales ranged from acceptable to good (α: .72–.87; ω: .76–.86).ConclusionThe GCI‐R demonstrates evidence of psychometric adequacy when applied to adult clients with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning in secure residential facilities.

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