Lost in translation? Psychometric properties and construct validity of the English Essen Climate Evaluation Schema (EssenCES) social climate questionnaire

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 573-580

  Tonkin, Matthew ^a   Howells, Kevin ^b   Ferguson, Eamonn ^b   Clark, Amanda ^b   Newberry, Michelle ^c   Schalast, Norbert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic psychiatric hospital; Milieu; Prison; Social climate; Ward atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESSEN CLIMATE EVALUATION SCHEMA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLIMATE QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKING ENVIRONMENT SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MANPOWER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84874429618     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026267     Document Type: Article

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