Gender, Culture and the Living Group Climate

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Sevilir ◽  
G. H. P. van der Helm ◽  
J. J. Roest ◽  
R. Didden
Keyword(s):  
Group Climate ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Living Group

Developing a positive living group climate in residential youth care: A single case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 709-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delphine Levrouw ◽  
Rudi Roose ◽  
Peer van der Helm ◽  
Eefje Strijbosch ◽  
Stijn Vandevelde
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Group Climate ◽  
Residential Youth Care ◽  
Living Group

scholarly journals The Relation Between Living Group Climate, Aggression, and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Delinquent Boys in Detention

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (15) ◽  
pp. 1701-1718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn Heynen ◽  
Peer van der Helm ◽  
Maaike Cima ◽  
Geert-Jan Stams ◽  
Andries Korebrits
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Adolescent Male ◽  
Delinquent Youth ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Group Climate ◽  
Cu Traits ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Living Group

Aggression and callous-unemotional (CU) traits are common problems in incarcerated delinquent youth. The present study was conducted to examine whether living group climate was associated with aggression and CU traits in late adolescent male offenders ( N = 156) in a German youth prison. A structural equation model was fitted to the data and showed associations between repression and reactive aggression and CU traits, but no associations between an open and supportive living group climate and aggression and CU traits. Previous research in Dutch youth prisons did not find a relation between repression and aggression, buta relation between a positive living group climate and less aggression. These different findings may reflect differences in the German and Dutch prison system. Implications for practice are discussed.

Evaluation der Gruppenklima- Forschung in Deutschland (am Beispiel NRW) und den Niederlanden auf der Grundlage eines Vergleichs der verschiedenen Behandlungsmöglichkeiten in den jeweiligen Jugendstrafvollzugssystemen / Evaluation of living group climate research in Germany and the Netherlands on the basis of differences in treatment possibilities in the prison systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 99 (5) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Evelyn Heynen ◽  
Eleni Behrens ◽  
Peer van der Helm
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Group Climate ◽  
Climate Research ◽  
Prison Systems ◽  
Living Group

Zusammenfassung Die Forschung zum Thema Gruppenklima im Wohngruppenvollzug in Jugendstrafvollzugsanstalten bekommt in den Niederlanden und Deutschland, aber auch zum Beispiel in England, Belgien und Estland eine immer größere Bedeutung. In der aktuellen Forschung zeigen sich Unterschiede zwischen den in den Niederlanden erhobenen Daten und den deutschen Ergebnissen am Beispiel zweier Anstalten in NRW. Um positive Schlüsse für den Umgang mit jugendlichen Straftätern ziehen zu können, ist es von großer Bedeutung herauszufinden, ob und inwiefern sich diese gefundenen Unterschiede im Gruppenklima auf die Unterschiede in den jeweiligen Strafvollzugssystemen zurückführen lassen können. Im folgenden Bericht wurden die wichtigsten Aspekte der Behandlung in Jugendstrafvollzugsanstalten in den Niederlanden mit denen in NRW verglichen und im weiteren Verlauf in Zusammenhang mit den Unterschieden in Bezug auf die erhobenen Daten gebracht und analysiert. Bei drei von vier Aspekten können die Unterschiede der Erhebungen auf Eigenschaften des Strafvollzuges zurückgeführt werden, und der Umgang mit den Gefangenen spiegelt sich in den Ergebnissen zu erfahrener Unterstützung, Wachstum und Atmosphäre wider.

scholarly journals The Feelings of Others Don't Impress Me Much – Effects of Living Group Climate on Empathy in Adolescent Male Offenders

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. E. Heynen ◽  
G. H. P. van der Helm ◽  
M. J. Cima ◽  
G. J. J. M. Stams ◽  
A. M. Korebrits
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Male ◽  
Group Climate ◽  
Male Offenders ◽  
Living Group

scholarly journals Aggressive Incidents in Residential Youth Care

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (13) ◽  
pp. 3991-4007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jantine Van den Tillaart ◽  
Ellen Eltink ◽  
Geert-Jan Stams ◽  
Peer Van der Helm ◽  
Inge Wissink
Keyword(s):  
Youth Care ◽  
Residential Facilities ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Group Climate ◽  
Residential Youth Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Staff Group ◽  
Residential Institutions ◽  
Secure Residential Youth Care ◽  
Living Group

It is assumed that group climate can have an effect on aggressive behavior in adolescents living in residential facilities, but it is largely unknown whether there are climate differences between the various types of residential institutions, and whether group climate differently affects aggression incidents among adolescents placed in institutions that differ in levels of security (and openness). In current research, the differences in perception of group climate between open, semi-secure, and secure residential youth care facilities were examined as well as the association between group climate and aggression. In total, 159 adolescents (96 males, 63 females) completed the Prison Group Climate Instrument (PGCI), and (aggressive) incidents were recorded during a period of 3 months. Perception of group climate—including support from staff, group atmosphere among adolescents, possibilities for growth, and repression—did not differ between the various types of residential care, except for possibilities for growth. Adolescents in open and semi-secure institutions experienced more possibilities for growth than their peers in secure institutions. A more positive perception of group climate in open institutions proved to be related to less aggressive incidents at the living group. For semi-secure and secure institutions, no relation between group climate and aggression was found. Also, the longer adolescents stayed in residential youth care, the more aggressive incidents occurred.

scholarly journals The Relation Between Aggression and the Living Group Climate in a Forensic Treatment Unit for Adolescents: A Pilot Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (7) ◽  
pp. 1821-1837 ◽  
Author(s):  
An de Decker ◽  
Lisa Lemmens ◽  
Peer van der Helm ◽  
Liesbeth Bruckers ◽  
Geert Molenberghs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Treatment Unit ◽  
Group Climate ◽  
Treatment Practices ◽  
Forensic Treatment ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric ◽  
Living Group

In the current study, the associations between inpatient aggression and the living group climate as perceived by the adolescents admitted to a forensic psychiatric treatment unit, are investigated based on carefully registered longitudinal data. Multilevel regression analyses revealed a significant inverse relation between the number and severity of aggressive incidents and the amount of support, as well as with the possibilities of growth perceived by the adolescents. No significant associations of aggression and the perception of repression or atmosphere are found. Our study reveals preliminary evidence for the relation between the prevalence of aggressive incidents and how the adolescents perceive social contextual factors in daily forensic treatment practices. Moreover, preliminary evidence that evidence-based treatment programs and psychiatric care have an important influence on experienced possibilities for growth and support and as such prevent institutional aggression, is found.

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