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Area of Science:

  • Organizational Psychology
  • Workplace Well-being
  • Behavioral Assessment

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  • Developed based on the Nurturing Environments framework.
  • Focuses on minimizing toxic interactions, promoting prosocial behaviors, limiting problem behaviors, and enhancing psychological flexibility.
  • Aims to improve organizational health, well-being, and productivity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and psychometrically evaluate a behavioral assessment instrument for workgroups.
  • To provide a tool for identifying key behaviors to enhance psychosocial work environments.
  • To offer a freely available resource for organizational and group development.

Main Methods:

  • Collected questionnaire data from nine organizations in Sweden.
  • Utilized confirmatory factor analysis, Rasch analysis, and correlations.
  • Investigated relationships with relevant workplace measures.

Main Results:

  • The 23-item instrument effectively measures risk (toxic behaviors) and protective factors (prosocial behavior, problem limitation, psychological flexibility).
  • Rasch analysis confirmed satisfactory item fit and functioning across demographics.
  • Measurement precision is noted, with recommendations for optimization.

Conclusions:

  • The Group Nurturance Inventory shows promising initial results for assessing group psychosocial environments.
  • Further research is needed for group-level properties and longitudinal validation.
  • The instrument facilitates participatory group development and transparent assessment.