Elien Neimeijer

33 15 20 23 27 28 29 1 4 9 10 14 Repression The sociotherapists always get their way. I’m bored here. I feel understood by the sociotherapists. There is nothing to do here. It is dirty and it smells bad here. This ward makes me feel down. Atmosphere There is a good atmosphere on the ward. I feel good at the ward. The turmoil on the ward drives me crazy. On the ward clients trust each other. It is safe on the ward. .234 .557 -.671 .330 .396 .824 .571 .818 -.305 .524 .828 -.722 .820 To examine convergent validity of the GCI, Pearson’s r was used to calculate correlations between the subscales of the GCI and the report marks (between 1 and 10). We found that repression had a negative correlation with the statement ‘the rules at the ward’ ( r = -.339, p < .01). Positive correlations were found between support and ‘the support you receive from sociotherapists’ ( r = .681; p < .01), growth and ‘what you learn here’ ( r = .666; p < .01) and atmosphere and ‘the atmosphere at the ward’ ( r = .663; p < .01) (Table 2). All correlations are moderate to strong and were in the expected direction which may be seen as supportive of convergent validity.