Social Climate Scales by Rudolf H. Moos

An introduction to nine social climate scales

Rudolf H. Moos

The Social Climate Scales are a set of environmental assessment procedures designed to be used by qualified clinicians, consultants, program evaluators, and researchers.

This Guide to the Social Climate Scales introduces the ten Scales and gives an overview of their use. The topics covered in the Guide apply to all the Scales:

a brief description of the Social Climate Scales
a definition of social climate with reasons for measuring it
the dimensions that the Scales measure
how clinicians, consultants, program evaluators, and researchers use the Scales
practical suggestions for administering the Scales and giving feedback about the results
ideas behind the Scales and methods used to construct them
additional sources of information

Use this Guide with the separate Scale manuals, which give detailed information about each Scale’s development, norms, practical applications, psychometric characteristics, and research.

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Overview of the Social Climate Scales
Scale	Environment Assessed
Community Settings
Community Oriented Programs Environment Scale	Community treatment programs (100 items, 10 subscales: normed on 192 programs containing 4,692 members and 186 programs containing 1,134 staff)
Family Environment Scale	Families, including single-parent and stepfamilies (90 items, 10 subscales; normed on 1,432 normal and 788 distressed families)
Group Environment Scale	Social, task-oriented, psychotherapy, and mutual support groups (90 items,10 subscales, normed on 305 groups)
Work Environment Scale	Work milieus (90 items, 10 subscales; normed on over 8,300 employees)
Educational Environments
Classroom Environment Scale	Junior high and high school classes in regular, vocational, and alternative schools (90 items, 9 subscales, normed on 382 classes)
University Residence Environment Scale	University student living groups, including dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and student cooperatives (100 items, 10 subscales, normed on 168 living groups)
Residential Care and Treatment Settings
Ward Atmosphere Scale	Hospital-based treatment programs, including alcoholism and substance abuse programs (100 items, 10 subscales, normed on 193 programs)
Other Institutions
Correctional Institutions Environment Scale	Juvenile and adult correctional facilities (90 items, 9 subscales, normed on 112 juvenile and 83 adult units)
Military Environment Inventory	Military units, including those in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and National Guard (84 items, 7 subscales, normed on 32 military companies)