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

Interpersonal Relations Clinical Trial

— ID-ClimAct  

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06384339
• Other study ID #: ID-ClimAct-1
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: May 31, 2024
• Est. completion date: October 20, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University Psychiatric Clinics Basel
• Contact: Andrea Canel, MSc
• Phone: +41 61 325 51 11
• Email: andrea.canel[@]upk.ch
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: October 20, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: September 20, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Interpersonal Relations
• Social Dominance

Intervention

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 .
• 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.
• 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University Psychiatric Clinics Basel, Clinic for Forensics	Basel	Basel-Stadt

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Psychiatric Clinics Basel	University of Basel

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Social Climate Perception	Measured through Essen Climate Evaluation Schema (EssenCES). The EssenCES uses a 5-point Likert scale for each item, ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (always). The three subscales Therapeutic Hold, Patients' Cohesion and Experienced Safety each comprises five items, the minimum score for each subscale is 0 and the maximum is 20.	Day 1