Group Climate in Residential Youth Care: Development and Validation of the Group Climate Instrument-Revised.

IF 1.3 4区社会学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Pub Date : 2024-01-16 DOI:10.1177/0306624X231219984

G H P Peer van der Helm, Jesse J Roest, Anna Leonora Dekker, Veronique Suzanne Lisette van Miert, Chris H Z Kuiper, Geert Jan J M Stams

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Group climate in residential youth care is considered to be essential for treatment of youth and young adults. Various instruments exist to measure quality of living group climate, but some are lengthy, use complicated wording, which make them difficult to fill out by youth and individuals with a mild intellectual disability. The present study describes the development and rationale for the Group Climate Instrument-Revised (GCI-R). Construct validity and reliability of the GCI-R were examined by means of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in a two-step validation process using a construction sample (n = 190 youth, representing 41 groups) and a validation sample (n = 207 youth, representing 42 groups). Results indicated a good fit of a five-factor model (Support, Growth, Physical Environment, Peer interactions, and Repression). Reliability of the scales was good. These findings indicate that the GCI-R can be used as a parsimonious, valid, and reliable instrument to assess perceptions of group climate in youth. Recommendations for future research and practice are suggested.

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寄宿青少年保育机构中的群体氛围：团体氛围工具的开发与验证--修订版》（Development and Validation of the Group Climate Instrument--Revised）。

寄宿式青少年护理中的集体氛围被认为是青少年治疗的关键。目前有多种工具可用于测量生活团体氛围的质量，但有些工具篇幅较长，措辞复杂，轻度智障青少年和个人很难填写。本研究介绍了《群体氛围测量工具-修订版》（GCI-R）的开发过程和基本原理。在两步验证过程中，使用构建样本（n = 190 名青少年，代表 41 个群体）和验证样本（n = 207 名青少年，代表 42 个群体），通过确证因子分析（CFA）对 GCI-R 的结构效度和信度进行了检验。结果表明，五因素模型（支持、成长、物质环境、同伴互动和压抑）的拟合程度较高。量表的可靠性良好。这些研究结果表明，GCI-R 可以作为一种简明、有效和可靠的工具来评估青少年对群体氛围的看法。对今后的研究和实践提出了建议。

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