Elien Neimeijer

117 how group climate may play a role in reducing aggressive incidents at the living group in treatment of individuals with MID-BIF in secure forensic settings (see key finding two). The fourth chapter provides an in-depth account of group climate by giving voice to twelve clients and examine what their experiences are with regard to the group climate. In the interviews about the four domains of group climate (see above), five overarching dimensions appeared: autonomy, uniformity, recognition, competence and dignity. De- pending on the person and the (treatment) context in which s/he resides, these five di- mensions relate to all four factors of the GCI. From the perspective of clients with MID- BIF, this study contributes by providing a framework to ‘fine-tune’ group climate on five dimensions. Training sociotherapists to be sensitive to interpret ambiguous signals on these dimensions can contribute to optimising group climate in secure forensic settings (see key finding three). The fifth chapter and final study of this dissertation examined associations between group climate as perceived by individuals with MID-BIF ( N = 212) and work climate as experienced by sociotherapists ( N = 262) from 58 living groups. Group climate was assessed with the GCI and work climate was measured using the Living Group Work Cli- mate Instrument (LGWCI). Structural equation modeling and multilevel analyses were employed to analyse the associations between work climate and group climate. When sociotherapists experience more job satisfaction, they experience less negative team functioning. Also, when sociotherapists experience more positive team functioning, less repression was perceived by clients. Perceived workload and negative team functioning by sociotherapists are related to less experienced possibilities for growth by clients. No significant associations were found between the other work climate and group climate dimensions. This study stresses the importance of awareness on parallel but related pro- cesses between work climate and group climate in secure settings for clients with MID- BIF (see key finding two and three). Key findings, clinical implications and recommendations for future research This section highlights three key findings from the main results reported in this dissertation. These are discussed below and integrated with knowledge from research and clinical practice. Implications, developments for group climate in secure forensic