The relationship between treatment modality, demographic characteristics, and staff perceptions concerning their jobs in 26 Philadelphia drug treatment centers.
The staffs of 26 Philadelphia drug treatment centers, representing four major treatment modalities, were interviewed concerning their attitudes and perceptions of treatment and the treatment milieu. By employing canonical correlation, two basic modality contrasts were found that significantly differentiated these attitudes and perceptions: (1) staff in small therapeutic communities tended to manifest more positive attitudes than their counterparts in large methadone maintenance settings, and (2) outpatient drug-free staff tended to be more satisfied and optimistic than detoxification staff.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010414:Pennsylvania; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires