Attitudinal versus ecological approaches to the characterization of institutional treatment environments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11053558 |
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| Authors | Richard E McLain (Neuropsychiatric Institute — Pacific State Hospital Research Group USA), Arthur B Silverstein (Neuropsychiatric Institute — Pacific State Hospital Research Group USA), Linda Brownlee (Neuropsychiatric Institute — Pacific State Hospital Research Group USA), Mimi Hubbell (Neuropsychiatric Institute — Pacific State Hospital Research Group USA) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-165 |
| Publication date | 1979-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf00894371 |
| PMID | 474533 |
| OpenAlex | W2018001266 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The relational and discriminative properties of attitudinal and ecological measures of environments were examined within the context of a state hospital for mentally retarted clients. Three hypotheses were advanced, and the results gave substantial support for one of these and partial support for a second: (a) that the correlations between attitudinal and ecological measures should not differ significantly from zero, and (b) that differences among hospital treatment programs and living units should be reflected in ecological but not in attitudinal measures. However, the results did not provide clear confirmation for a third hypothesis: that differences among staff demographic characteristics and employment history should be reflected in attitudinal but not in ecological measures. It was suggested that these background variables may not be appropriate measures of personality-linked attributes
Biology · Context (archaeology) · Ecological psychology · Geography · Health psychology · Hostility · Personality · Public health · Ecology · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Social Psychology
Characteristics of the Treatment Environment
Measuring Differences in Residential Environments among Institutions for Retarded Persons
Treatment environment and staff ideology in two British mental hospitals
Comparison of the residential environment of a state hospital for retarded clients with those of various types of community facilities
Attitudes versus Actions
Opinions about mental illness in the personnel of two large mental hospitals
| Highly cited | No |
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