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

NCT ID: NCT06384339

Last Updated: 2025-03-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

453 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-31

Study Completion Date

2024-11-20

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Social Environment Correctional Institutions Rehabilitation of Criminals Social Dominance Interpersonal Relations

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Clients

Adult clients in a secure setting (i.e. prison or forensic mental health psychiatry

CSIV, Social motive

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

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 .

Interpersonal messages and behavior

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

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.

CCS, Social motive

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

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.

Staff

Adult staff in a secure setting (including forensic healthcare staff, social workers, probation officers, prison offers, education staff)

CSIV, Social motive

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

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 .

Interpersonal messages and behavior

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

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.

CCS, Social motive

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

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.

Interventions

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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 .

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

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Circumplex Scales of Interpersonal Values (CSIV; Locke, 2000) Impact Message Inventory - Circumplex (IMI-C; Kiesler, 2006) Competitiveness and Caring Scale (CCS; McEwan, Gilbert, & Duarte, 2012)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Clients who are currently incarcerated within the specified secure settings.
* Staff members currently employed in the specified secure settings.
* Individuals (both clients and staff) who are capable of providing informed consent.
* Clients who are deemed competent and not under any disciplinary restrictions that would preclude participation.
* Staff members who are directly involved with client care and management.

Exclusion Criteria

* Clients who are not considered competent to provide informed consent.
* Staff members who do not have direct interactions with clients (e.g., administrative staff not involved in direct care).
* Clients and staff from open prisons
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Basel

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Psychiatric Clinics Basel

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Andrea Canel

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Marc Graf, Prof. Dr.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University Psychiatric Clinics Basel

Locations

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University Psychiatric Clinics Basel, Clinic for Forensics

Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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ID-ClimAct-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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