The essenCES measure of social climate: A preliminary validation and normative data in UK high secure hospital settings

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 308-320

  Howells, Kevin ^a,b   Tonkin, Matthew ^a   Milburn, Christine ^a   Lewis, Jessica ^a   Draycot, Simon ^d   Cordwell, John ^d   Price, Miranda ^d   Davies, Steffan ^b,e   Schalast, Norbert ^c  

^a RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ESSEN CLIMATE EVALUATION SCHEMA; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 71749112002     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.745     Document Type: Article

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