The Trauma-Informed Climate Scale-10 (TICS-10): A Reduced Measure of Staff Perceptions of the Service Environment. Issue 5 (20th October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hales, Travis; Kusmaul, Nancy; Sundborg, Stephanie; Nochajski, Thomas
• Is Part Of: Human service organizations, management, leadership & governance. Volume 43:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 443
• Page End: 453
• Publication Date: 2019-10-20
• Subjects: management -- leadership and organizational change -- organizational and management theory and analysis -- workforce/workplace issues in human service organizations; Social service -- Periodicals; Social work administration -- Periodicals; 361.3068
• DOI: 10.1080/23303131.2019.1671928
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2330-3131

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Trauma-informed climates prioritize staff and client experiences of safety, trust, choice, collaboration, and empowerment. The Trauma-Informed Climate Scale (TICS) was developed to measure staff perceptions of these values within the service environment. The aims of the current study were to create a reduced version of the original TICS and assess its psychometric properties to increase its efficiency and appropriateness in human service settings. Item retention was based on discrimination parameters, item-total correlations, and correlations with external criteria. The analytic approach yielded a 10-item scale reduction, with confirmatory factor analyses supporting the scale's construct validity and reliability (α = .91).