Organizational climate, services, and outcomes in child welfare systems
Organizational climate, services, and outcomes in child welfare systems
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.04.009
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发表时间：
2011-08-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Green, Philip
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作者：
Glisson, Charles;Green, Philip
目的：本研究探讨儿童福利系统的组织气候，个案工作服务，和青年成果的关联。基于初步的调查结果，将组织气候与3年的随访期内的青年成果联系起来，本研究将随访期延长至7年，并测试了组织气候和个案工作服务对成果的主要、调节和中介作用。该研究将分层线性模型（HLM）分析应用于全国儿童和青少年幸福感调查（NSCAW）的所有5个波该研究在美国全国范围内对1，678名4-16岁的受虐待青少年和来自88个儿童福利系统的1，696名个案工作者进行了抽样调查。组织气候评估的两个维度，参与和压力，规模从既定的措施，组织社会背景（OSC）;青年的结果是衡量的问题，心理社会功能与儿童行为检查表（CBCL）;和个案工作服务进行了评估与原始量表开发的研究和完成的虐待青少年的主要照顾者和个案工作者。受虐待的青年由儿童福利系统提供服务，有更多的参与组织气候，有更好的结果。此外，数量和质量的个案工作服务既不调解也不互动的组织气候对青年outcomes.Conclusions的影响：组织气候与青年儿童福利系统的成果，但需要更好地了解的机制，联系组织气候的成果。此外，还需要采取循证的组织干预措施，以改善儿童福利系统的组织氛围和效力。(C)2011爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Objective: This study examines the association of organizational climate, casework services, and youth outcomes in child welfare systems. Building on preliminary findings linking organizational climate to youth outcomes over a 3-year follow-up period, the current study extends the follow-up period to 7 years and tests main, moderating and mediating effects of organizational climate and casework services on outcomes.Methods: The study applies hierarchical linear models (HLMs) analyses to all 5 waves of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW) with a US nationwide sample of 1,678 maltreated youth aged 4-16 years and 1,696 caseworkers from 88 child welfare systems. Organizational climate is assessed on 2 dimensions, Engagement and Stress, with scales from the well established measure, Organizational Social Context (OSC); youth outcomes are measured as problems in psychosocial functioning with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL); and casework services are assessed with original scales developed for the study and completed by the maltreated youths' primary caregivers and caseworkers.Results: Maltreated youth served by child welfare systems with more engaged organizational climates have significantly better outcomes. Moreover, the quantity and quality of casework services neither mediate nor interact with the effects of organizational climate on youth outcomes.Conclusions: Organizational climate is associated with youth outcomes in child welfare systems, but a better understanding is needed of the mechanisms that link organizational climate to outcomes. In addition, there is a need for evidence-based organizational interventions that can improve the organizational climates and effectiveness of child welfare systems. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.