TY - JOUR
T1 - Improvement of group climate in a residential setting for juveniles with mild intellectual disability through training of staff in Non-Violent Resistance
AU - Visser, Katharina M.
AU - Popma, Arne
AU - Jansen, Lucres M. C.
AU - Kasius, Marianne C.
AU - Vermeiren, Robert R. J. M.
N1 - Funding Information: The authors would like to thank all staff members and admitted juveniles of the three child and adolescent residential settings who were willing to provide information for this article. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - Background: An open group climate is essential in successful residential care for juveniles with mild intellectual disability (MID). This study examined whether non-violent resistance, adapted for MID (NVR-MID), stimulates an open group climate in time. Method: NVR-MID was implemented in three residential settings in The Netherlands, in a quasi-experimental stepped wedge design. In total, 124 clients with MID (Mage = 16.39 [SD = 4.95], 49.9% male) participated. Group climate was assessed seven times with the Group Climate Inventory for Children or the Group Climate Inventory-Revisited (GCI-R), during a total of 20 months. Results: Open group climate scores increased in all three institutions; effect size was medium. Clients with lower IQs experienced group climate as more positive compared to clients with higher IQs. Effects were similar for both groups. Conclusions: As NVR-MID appeared to contribute to a positive experienced group climate, it might be advisable to implement NVR-MID on larger scale.
AB - Background: An open group climate is essential in successful residential care for juveniles with mild intellectual disability (MID). This study examined whether non-violent resistance, adapted for MID (NVR-MID), stimulates an open group climate in time. Method: NVR-MID was implemented in three residential settings in The Netherlands, in a quasi-experimental stepped wedge design. In total, 124 clients with MID (Mage = 16.39 [SD = 4.95], 49.9% male) participated. Group climate was assessed seven times with the Group Climate Inventory for Children or the Group Climate Inventory-Revisited (GCI-R), during a total of 20 months. Results: Open group climate scores increased in all three institutions; effect size was medium. Clients with lower IQs experienced group climate as more positive compared to clients with higher IQs. Effects were similar for both groups. Conclusions: As NVR-MID appeared to contribute to a positive experienced group climate, it might be advisable to implement NVR-MID on larger scale.
KW - aggression
KW - group climate
KW - mild intellectual disability
KW - non-violent resistance
KW - residential treatment
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12910
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12910
M3 - Article
C2 - 34212461
SN - 1360-2322
VL - 34
SP - 1592
EP - 1601
JO - JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
JF - JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
IS - 6
ER -