The Living Group Climate at CTP Veldzicht as Assessed by the Group Climate Instrument

Soeliman, Lisa (2023) The Living Group Climate at CTP Veldzicht as Assessed by the Group Climate Instrument. Master thesis, Psychology.

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Abstract

This study examines change in the living group climate in a Dutch forensic psychiatric clinic, CTP Veldzicht over two consecutive years, 2020/21 and 2021/22, as assessed by the Group Climate Instrument (GCI), by patients and sociotherapists. The GCI was distributed among the 18 wards of CTP Veldzicht resulting in a dataset (N = 338) including both patients (n = 106) and sociotherapists (n = 232). By using an independent t-test, change was assessed both clinic-wide and in the tbs-foreigner cluster specifically. Additionally, the interrelatedness of the underlying subscales of the GCI, including Support, Growth, Atmosphere, and Repression, at different security levels, based on the perspective of both patients and sociotherapists is explored by using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The hypothesis that there would be an improvement in the living group climate was not supported, as most subscales did not significantly change and a decrease in the subscale Atmosphere was observed. The COVID-19 pandemic may be a possible explanation for this decline, as restrictions within the clinic may have affected safety, trust, and the ease of making contact with fellow patients and sociotherapists. Furthermore, the interrelatedness of the subscales of the GCI was demonstrated, with Support having the highest correlations over all researched groups, indicating an important role within the living group climate. However, differences in the strength and nature of the correlations between patients and sociotherapists on different security levels suggest that some limitations, including the sample representativeness and the use of correlational analyses, which cannot establish causality. Nonetheless, this study highlights the importance of considering the living group climate and its underlying subscales when aiming to improve rehabilitation outcomes for forensic psychiatric patients.

Item Type:	Thesis (Master)
Supervisor name:	Karsten, J.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology]
Date Deposited:	07 Jul 2023 16:05
Last Modified:	07 Jul 2023 16:05
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2260

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