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Validity of the Sheltered Care Environment Scale.

Gregory C Smith¹, Susan K Whitbourne

¹State U New York, Ringel Inst of Gerontology, Albany.

Psychology and Aging

|June 1, 1990

Summary

The Sheltered Care Environment Scale (SCES) shows strong construct validity for some subscales measuring resident experiences in aged care. However, validity is weak for cohesion, independence, and comfort subscales, indicating areas for improvement.

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Area of Science:

Gerontology
Environmental Psychology
Psychometrics

Background:

Assessing the quality of the living environment is crucial in geriatric long-term-care facilities.
The Sheltered Care Environment Scale (SCES) is a tool designed to measure residents' perceptions of their care environment.
Evaluating the psychometric properties of such scales is essential for reliable assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the construct validity of the Sheltered Care Environment Scale (SCES).
To determine the reliability of SCES subscales in a geriatric long-term-care setting.
To identify specific subscales of the SCES that require refinement.

Main Methods:

Administered the Sheltered Care Environment Scale (SCES) and conducted parallel open-ended interviews with 25 geriatric long-term-care residents.
Generated a multitrait-multimethod validity matrix to analyze intercorrelations between SCES subscales and interview ratings.
Performed content analysis on interview responses to further evaluate scale validity.

Main Results:

Strong evidence of construct validity was found for the SCES subscales measuring conflict, resident influence, and self-exploration.
Moderate construct validity was observed for the organization subscale.
Weak construct validity was identified for the cohesion, independence, and physical comfort subscales, supported by content analysis of interviews.

Conclusions:

The SCES demonstrates good validity for specific environmental dimensions in aged care settings.
The subscales for cohesion, independence, and physical comfort require revision as they do not adequately capture the intended environmental aspects.
Further development of the SCES is recommended to enhance its comprehensiveness and validity across all measured dimensions.

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