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Staff attitudes and treatment effectiveness

C G Watson, W K Daly, A Zimmerman

    Journal of Clinical Psychology
    |April 1, 1980
    PubMed
    Summary

    Staff attitudes impact psychiatric patient outcomes. A friendly approach (Protective Benevolence) correlated with improvement, while authoritarianism hindered progress, though overall effects were small.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychiatry
    • Clinical Psychology

    Background:

    • Previous research on staff attitude's impact on psychiatric patient outcomes shows conflicting results.
    • Imprecise methodologies in prior studies may explain these discrepancies.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To evaluate the correlation between specific staff attitudes and patient improvement.
    • To investigate the impact of staff attitude on personality and tremulousness measures in psychiatric inpatients.

    Main Methods:

    • Correlations were calculated between mean OMISOS attitude scale scores of high-impact staff and patient improvement.
    • Patient improvement was measured using six personality scales and two tremulousness measures during the initial hospitalization phase.

    Main Results:

    • A friendly, laissez-faire approach (Protective Benevolence) was associated with patient improvement.
    • Authoritarianism, Accountability, and Conventionality scales appeared to impede patient progress.
    • The observed relationships between staff attitude and patient improvement were small.

    Conclusions:

    • Specific staff attitudes can influence patient outcomes in psychiatric settings.
    • A supportive and less authoritarian staff approach may facilitate patient recovery.
    • The magnitude of staff attitude's impact on patient improvement is limited.

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