Development and psychometric evaluation of the Group Home Culture Scale

Humphreys, Lincoln; Bigby, Christine; Iacono, Teresa; Bould, Emma

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“…Participants were a subset from the study by Humphreys et al (2020b). Participants were included in the present study if they worked as a disability support worker (DSW) or frontline supervisor in a group home that accommodated up to eight adults with intellectual disabilities, and three or more staff from the group home had completed the GHCS.…”

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“…The GHCS was used to measure staff perceptions of group home culture (Humphreys, 2018;Humphreys et al, 2020b). It is completed by DSWs and frontline supervisors.…”

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“…Drawing on the findings from Bigby and colleagues (Bigby & Beadle-Brown, 2016;Bigby et al, 2012), Humphreys et al (2020b) developed the Group Home Culture Scale (GHCS) to provide a quantitative measure of staff perceptions of culture. Using the GHCS, data from 23 group homes and multilevel modelling, Humphreys et al (2020a) examined dimensions of culture as predictors of QOL outcomes.…”

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Patterns of group home culture in organisations supporting people with intellectual disabilities: A cross-sectional study

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Background: Organisational culture in group homes for people with intellectual disabilities has been identified as an influence on service delivery and staff behaviour. The aim was to examine patterns of culture across group homes in disability organisations. Method: The Group Home Culture Scale (GHCS) was used to measure staff perceptions of culture. Data were available from 260 staff who worked across 58 group homes managed by eight organisations. Using scatterplots and measures of dispersion, the scores on the seven GHCS subscales were examined for patterns of integrated (i.e., similarities) and differentiated (i.e., variability) culture within the organisations. Results: Patterns of differentiated culture were found in six organisations for one or more GHCS subscales. Patterns of integrated culture were found in three organisations for one subscale. In two organisations, patterns of both integrated and differentiated culture were found. Conclusions: The findings contribute to the conceptualisation of and research into organisational culture in group homes, with implications for changing and maintaining culture.

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“…The GHCS was used to measure staff perceptions of group home culture (Humphreys, 2018;Humphreys et al, 2020b). It is completed by DSWs and frontline supervisors.…”

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Patterns of group home culture in organisations supporting people with intellectual disabilities: A cross-sectional study

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“…Finding a way to statistically test for a predictive relationship between culture and QOL outcomes would offer the potential to develop strategies to enhance service delivery and residents’ QOL. Building on Bigby and colleagues’ (Bigby & Beadle‐Brown, 2016; Bigby et al., 2012) proposed dimensions of group home culture, Humphreys, Bigby, Iacono, and Bould (2020) developed the Group Home Culture Scale (GHCS) to provide a quantitative measure of staff perceptions of group home culture. The GHCS comprises seven dimensions and provides a means to examine the relationship between culture and residents’ QOL outcomes.…”

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Dimensions of group home culture as predictors of quality of life outcomes

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2020

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Deinstitutionalization in Australia and other countries, such as England, Sweden and the United States (Mansell, Beadle-Brown, & Special Interest Research Group, 2010), has changed not only where, but also how people with intellectual disabilities live. Studies into the impact on people with intellectual disabilities of moving from institutions to group homes (i.e. community-based accommodation for 3-8 people, with 24 hr support available) demonstrate that they typically experience better quality of life (QOL) outcomes living in group homes (Kozma, Mansell, & Beadle-Brown, 2009). They have been found, for example, to experience greater levels of engagement in activities, participation in the community and choice making when living in group homes (Emerson & Hatton, 1996; Kozma et al., 2009). The concept of QOL has influenced both research into and delivery of supported accommodation services for people with intellectual disabilities as a measurable and valued outcome (Schalock, Verdugo, Gomez, & Reinders, 2016). Of relevance to measuring QOL, Schalock et al. (2002) proposed that it is a multidimensional construct influenced by personal and environmental factors, with subjective and objective components. Although research into deinstitutionalization has shown that QOL outcomes are generally better for people with intellectual

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“…If we want to think critically about an ecological approach to ensuring a better quality of life for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, then I think a better term would be organizational cultures (Humphreys et al , 2020). Culture, unlike environment, better captures the set of beliefs and values on which the authors argue there is much consensus.…”

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Purpose This paper challenges the value of consensus within the field of learning disability. In this commentary, the author argues that consensus threatens to silence multiple viewpoints, hides how power operates and stifles creativity. Design/methodology/approach The author focuses on two articles within this special issue to suggest that the consensus celebrated is more about a set of shared values, rather than a set of shared practices. This should make us question the depth of the field’s consensus. Findings The presumption that multiple paradigms can be “unified” actually hides how power operates to resolve disagreements among positive behaviour support, active support and human rights approaches. A similar erasure occurs in the language of “capable environments,” which the author argues obscures the role of individuals, relationships and organizational cultures in impacting quality of life. Research limitations/implications We need to create and build a new interdisciplinary field of challenging behaviour studies that is willing to embrace conflict and disagreement in research, policy and practice. Practical implications The author believes that this approach is more likely to empower people, including people with learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges, family members, and direct support workers because it is more likely to recognize their experiences and expertise. Originality/value A new multidisciplinary field of challenging behaviour studies may encourage more theoretical diversity that makes us challenge the value of consensus and embrace creativity.

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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Group Home Culture Scale

Cited by 14 publications

References 54 publications

Patterns of group home culture in organisations supporting people with intellectual disabilities: A cross-sectional study

Patterns of group home culture in organisations supporting people with intellectual disabilities: A cross-sectional study

Dimensions of group home culture as predictors of quality of life outcomes

Commentary on a “unified approach to behaviours that challenge”: against consensus – why we need a new field of challenging behaviour studies

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