NCT06384339

ID-ClimAct. Influence of Social Motives of Clients and Staff on the Social Climate of Secure Settings

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 453 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Psychiatric Clinics Basel · Network
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The social climate in secure settings is an essential element to successful rehabilitation. Previous studies indicate that staff characteristics are a relevant factor contributing to a beneficial social climate. Yet, secure settings form a specific and challenging work environment. Staff members are faced with clients who present a variety of difficult emotional and behavioural problems. Social motives for caring and cooperation can be blocked in a threatening environment, favouring dysfunctional interpersonal dynamics between individuals. This observational study explores the reciprocal influences of social motives between clients and staff on the social climate within secure settings.

Conditions

• Social Environment
• Correctional Institutions
• Rehabilitation of Criminals
• Social Dominance
• Interpersonal Relations

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	CSIV, Social motive	The CSIV is a self-report measure and assesses interpersonal values using eight octant scales, which are aggregated into overall communion and agency scores, ranging from -4 to +4 .
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Interpersonal messages and behavior	The Impact Message Inventory - Circumplex (IMI-C) Brief Version is a self-report transactional inventory designed to measure a target person's interpersonal behavior on four octant scales dominance, hostility, submissiveness, and friendliness by assessing the covert responses or "impact messages" of another person. Each subscale consists of 7 items, with each item scored on a 4-point Likert scale from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much so). The minimum score per scale is 7 and the maximum score is 28.
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	CCS, Social motive	The CCS is a elf-report inventory, that measures tendencies towards competitiveness versus caring in social interactions. The minimum score for the two subscales competitiveness and caring are 9 and the maximum score is 90.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-31
• Primary completion: 2024-09-15
• Completion: 2024-11-20
• First posted: 2024-04-25
• Last updated: 2025-03-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland