title: Measuring therapeutic attitudes in the prison environment: development of the Prison Attitude to Drugs scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and test the validity of a scale measuring therapeutic attitudes among prison staff working with drug misusers.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional postal questionnaire study using 27 statements with a five-point Likert scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four prisons in the south-west of England
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 252 prison staff (response rate 70%), including 67 for test-retest (response rate 57%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study resulted in a three-dimensional, nine-item scale: the Prison Attitude to Drugs scale (PAD). The three subscales measure confidence in skills (four items), personal rewards (three items) and job satisfaction (two items). Test-retest correlations for the questions were above 0.7, with each factor having an internal coherence (coefficient alpha) of greater than 0.7.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PAD is a reliable tool that can be used in the prison environment.
authors.affiliation: Somerset Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust, Beech Court, Taunton Road, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 3LS, UK.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Airey
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marriott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D011330:Prisons; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom