A Review of Questionnaire Measures for Assessing the Social Climate in Prisons and Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals
Tonkin, M. (2016) A Review of Questionnaire Measures for Assessing the Social Climate in Prisons and Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 60 (12). pp. 1376-1405. ISSN 0306624X (ISSN)
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Abstract
Significant time and resources are devoted to the monitoring of social climate in secure settings. However, if these efforts are to help (rather than hinder) attempts to improve the functioning of such units, the monitoring of social climate must be based on sound psychometric methods. The aim of this review was to determine what questionnaires exist to measure the social climate in secure settings and what evidence exists regarding their psychometric properties. Twelve questionnaire-based measures of social climate were identified. The Essen Climate Evaluation Schema has received the most consistent empirical support, but this questionnaire does not provide as much of an in-depth, detailed insight into social climate as that provided by other social climate questionnaires. Although more extensive measures of climate exist, they have not yet received sufficient validation to justify their routine use in practice. Nevertheless, there is growing evidence that some questionnaire-based measures can provide a reliable and valid assessment of the social climate in secure settings, which has important clinical and theoretical implications. © The Author(s) 2015.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Identification Number: | 10.1177/0306624X15578834 |
| Dates: | Date Event 1 September 2016 Published 6 April 2015 Published Online 1 January 2015 Accepted |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | forensic psychiatric hospital, prison, social climate, validation, ward atmosphere, atmosphere, human, instrument validation, mental hospital, prison, questionnaire, social environment, theoretical model, validation process |
| Subjects: | CAH04 - psychology > CAH04-01 - psychology > CAH04-01-01 - psychology (non-specific) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Users 18 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2017 15:37 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2024 13:03 |
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3443 |
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