An Assessment of Staff Duplicity in Attitudes Toward the Therapeutic Milieu

386 EMPLOYEES FROM ALL LEVELS OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE HOSPITAL WERE ADMINISTERED 2 FORMS OF A SCALE DESIGNED TO INDUCE DIFFERENT RESPONSE SETS. SIGNIFICANTLY MORE NEGATIVISM & CRITICISM WERE ELICITED WITH THE 'PERSONALIZED' SCALE, THAN WITH THE SCALE WHICH INDUCED A MORE 'THEORETIC...

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Published in:International journal of social psychiatry 1974-01, Vol.20 (3-4), p.251-257
Main Authors: Rappaport, Herbert, Zeiger, Carolyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitude/Attitudes/Attitudinal
Humans
Milieu
Milieu Therapy
Negativism
Personnel, Hospital
Professional-Patient Relations
Social Isolation
Staff/Staffing
Time Factors
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Summary:386 EMPLOYEES FROM ALL LEVELS OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE HOSPITAL WERE ADMINISTERED 2 FORMS OF A SCALE DESIGNED TO INDUCE DIFFERENT RESPONSE SETS. SIGNIFICANTLY MORE NEGATIVISM & CRITICISM WERE ELICITED WITH THE 'PERSONALIZED' SCALE, THAN WITH THE SCALE WHICH INDUCED A MORE 'THEORETICAL' SET, FOR ALL LEVELS OF THE STAFF. THERE WERE, HOWEVER, DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY SEPARATE STAFF GROUPS RESPONDED TO PROGRAM ISSUES & A SET OF CONSISTENT CONCERNS WAS IDENTIFIED. STAFF WERE GENERALLY UNCERTAIN WHETHER THEY WOULD "CONSUME THEIR OWN PRODUCT." THE BASIS FOR THE DUPLICITY WAS TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE FEAR OF NOT BEING RECOGNIZED AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN A GROUP MILIEU. 3 TABLES. AA.
ISSN:0020-7640
1741-2854
DOI:10.1177/002076407402000310