A Typology of Social Environments in Community Care Homes

Claudia J. Coulton, Virginia Fitch, and Thomas P. HollandAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 36, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.4.373

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Observers rated 11 aspects of the social environments of 40 community care homes. Four basictypes of homes were identified through a cluster analysis of these ratings. Discriminant analysis suggested that homes in the clusters differed primarily along two dimensions: socioemotionaldemands and program structure. For each cluster, the main features of the social environment were used to describe the types of psycbiatric patients judged likely to be successfully placed in these homes.

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Psychiatric Services

Volume 36 • Number 4 • April 1985

Pages: 373 - 377

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Published in print: April 1985

Published online: 1 April 2006

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Claudia J. Coulton

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Virginia Fitch

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Thomas P. Holland

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The School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

The Department of Social Work at the University of Akron

The School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University

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A Typology of Social Environments in Community Care Homes

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