Relation of patient attributes to perceptions of the treatment environment.

Assessed the social climate of 4 residential alcoholism programs (a total of 326 patients) using the Community-Oriented Programs Environment Scale (COPES). COPES perceptions were essentially independent of 18 patient background, psychosocial functioning, and alcohol-related characteristics. Considered in conjunction with previous research in other psychiatric and nonpsychiatric settings, the results indicate that perceptions of the social climate of treatment programs are not simply measures of the personal characteristics of the perceivers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)