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101 _aeng
102 _aNL
200 _aMeasuring group climate in prison
_fG.H.P. van der Helm, G.J.J.M Stams, P.H. van der Laan
330 _aThe present study examines the construct validity and reliability of the Prison Group Climate Instrument (PGCI) in a sample of 77 adolescents placed in a Dutch youth prison and 49 adult prisoners living in a Dutch psychiatric prison with a therapeutic living group structure. Confirmatory factor analysis of a four-factor model – with ‘repression’, 'support’, ‘growth’ and ‘group atmosphere’ as first order factors – and ‘overall group climate’ as a second order factor showed an adequate fit to the data, indicating construct validity of the PGCI. Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients were good for all factors. The PGCI is a parsimonious instrument, enabling future research on group climate in youth prisons and secure forensic psychiatric institutions. The instrument can be used as an assessment tool for judicial interventions that use group climate to improve outcomes in delinquent youth and adult delinquents receiving treatment for psychiatric problems.
461 _cAmsterdão
_d2011
_tThe Prison Journal
_vVol. 91, nº 2
_x15527522
606 _93498
_aCENTRO EDUCATIVO
606 _99634
_aPSIQUIATRIA PENITENCIÁRIA
606 _9693
_aREINSERÇÃO SOCIAL
606 _9741
_aREINCIDÊNCIA
606 _95053
_aAVALIAÇÃO
606 _9103139
_aESTUDO
_yHOLANDA
675 _9420646
_a343.8
700 _9423147
_avan der Helm
_bG.H.P.
_cLeiden Professional University (School of Social Studies)
701 _4070
_9423148
_a Stams
_b G.J.J.M
_cUniversity of Amsterdam (Department of Forensic Child and Youth Care Sciences).
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702 _9419328
_aVAN DER LAAN
_bPeter H.
801 _aPT
_gRPC
852 _j343.8HEL