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Curiale C, Lenzi M, Gaboardi M, Marino C, Ronconi L, Demita S, Cosentino R, Disperati F, Santinello M. Homeless people's recovery in Housing First and Traditional Services: The role of working alliance in Italian housing services. J Community Psychol 2023; 51:2758-2773. [PMID: 37209420 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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This study aims to investigate whether a working alliance could represent a potential mechanism that explains the effectiveness of housing services in terms of user recovery, comparing the Housing First (HF) model with Traditional Services (TS). This study included 59 homeless service users in Italy (29 = HF; 30 = TS). Recovery was assessed upon entering the study (T0) and after 10 months (T1). Results indicate that participants inserted in HF services were more likely to report stronger working alliances with social service providers at T0 that, in turn, was directly associated with higher levels of users' recovery at the beginning of the study and indirectly (through recovery at T0) with recovery at T1. Implications of the results are discussed with respect to research and practice on homeless services.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chiara Curiale
- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
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Greenwood RM, O’Shaughnessy BR, Manning RM, Vargas Moniz MJ, Sacchetto B, Ornelas J, Almas I, Duarte T, Disperati F, Gaboardi M, Lenzi M, Santinello M, Vieno A, Marques RP, Carmona M, Nave A, Bernad R, Rivero B, Julián M, Bokszczanin A, Zmaczynska-Witek B, Katarzyna S, Rogowska A, Schel S, Peters Y, vanLoenen T, Raben L, Wolf JR, Beijer U, Blid M, Kallmen H, Bispo T, Cruz T, Pereira C, Auquier P, Petit JM, Loubière S, Tinland A. Psychometric properties of the measure of achieved capabilities in homeless services. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:93. [PMID: 36635744 PMCID: PMC9835273 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14755-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Purposeful participation in personally meaningful life tasks, enjoyment of positive reciprocal relationships, and opportunities to realize one's potential are growth-related aspects of a meaningful life that should be considered important dimensions of recovery from homelessness. The extent to which homeless services support individuals to achieve the capabilities they need to become who they want to be and do what they want to do is, in turn, an important indicator of their effectiveness. In this study, we developed a measure of achieved capabilities (MACHS) for use in homeless services settings, and assessed its construct and concurrent validity. METHODS We analysed data collected from homeless services users at two time points in eight European countries to assess the factor structure and psychometric properties of the new measure. Participants were adults engaged with either Housing First (n = 245) or treatment as usual (n = 320). RESULTS Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses yielded a four-factor structure of the capabilities measure: community integration, optimism, safety, and self-determination. We obtained evidence for construct validity through observed correlations between achieved capabilities and recovery, working alliance and satisfaction with services. Moreover, we obtained evidence of the measure's concurrent validity from its positive association between HF and personal recovery, which was fully mediated by achieved capabilities. CONCLUSIONS Findings demonstrate that the MACHS is a valid and reliable measure that may be used to assess the extent to which homeless services support their clients to develop capabilities needed for growth-related recovery. Implications for practice and future research directions are discussed.
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- Ronni Michelle Greenwood
- grid.10049.3c0000 0004 1936 9692Psychology Department, University of Limerick IRELAND, Limerick, Ireland
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- grid.8217.c0000 0004 1936 9705School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- grid.451052.70000 0004 0581 2008Birmingham Community Healthcare, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.9983.b0000 0001 2181 4263Applied Psychology Research Center, ISPA University Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- grid.9983.b0000 0001 2181 4263Applied Psychology Research Center, ISPA University Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- grid.9983.b0000 0001 2181 4263Applied Psychology Research Center, ISPA University Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Gaboardi M, Santinello M, Lenzi M, Disperati F, Ornelas J, Shinn M. Using a modified version of photovoice in a European cross-national study on homelessness. Am J Community Psychol 2022; 70:139-152. [PMID: 35137958 PMCID: PMC9544765 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This study proposes an innovative use of a modified version of photovoice for cross-national qualitative research that allows participants to express their ideas, experiences, and emotions about a topic through photographic language. We examine factors affecting social service providers' work on people experiencing homelessness in Europe. We highlight five advantages of using photovoice in cross-national research: visual language, methodological flexibility, participatory data analysis, the bottom-up process, and the promotion of social change. Moreover, we identify key stages of the process: writing a detailed protocol for the implementation and fidelity of the projects, using two levels of data analysis, and disseminating the results. This study provides lessons learned for others who may want to use photovoice in cross-national research.
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- Marta Gaboardi
- Department of Developmental and Social PsychologyUniversity of PadovaPaduaItaly
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- Department of Developmental and Social PsychologyUniversity of PadovaPaduaItaly
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- Department of Developmental and Social PsychologyUniversity of PadovaPaduaItaly
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- Department of Developmental and Social PsychologyUniversity of PadovaPaduaItaly
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- APPsyCI—Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and InclusionISPA‐Instituto UniversitárioLisboaPortugal
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- Department of Human and Organizational DevelopmentPeabody College, Vanderbilt UniversityNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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Lenzi M, Santinello M, Gaboardi M, Disperati F, Vieno A, Calcagnì A, Greenwood RM, Rogowska AM, Wolf JR, Loubière S, Beijer U, Bernad R, Vargas-Moniz MJ, Ornelas J, Spinnewijn F, Shinn M. Factors Associated with Providers' Work Engagement and Burnout in Homeless Services: A Cross-national Study. Am J Community Psychol 2021; 67:220-236. [PMID: 33137234 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The complexity of homeless service users' characteristics and the contextual challenges faced by services can make the experience of working with people in homelessness stressful and can put providers' well-being at risk. In the current study, we investigated the association between service characteristics (i.e., the availability of training and supervision and the capability-fostering approach) and social service providers' work engagement and burnout. The study involved 497 social service providers working in homeless services in eight different European countries (62% women; mean age = 40.73, SD = 10.45) and was part of the Horizon 2020 European study "Homelessness as Unfairness (HOME_EU)." Using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), findings showed that the availability of training and supervision were positively associated with providers' work engagement and negatively associated with burnout. However, results varied based on the perceived usefulness of the training and supervision provided within the service and the specific outcome considered. The most consistent finding was the association between the degree to which a service promotes users' capabilities and all the aspects of providers' well-being analyzed. Results are discussed in relation to their implications for how configuration of homeless services can promote social service providers' well-being and high-quality care.
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- Michela Lenzi
- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Impuls-Netherlands Center for Social Care Research, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud, The Netherlands
- University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- School of medicine - La Timone Medical Campus, EA 3279: CEReSS - Health Service Research and Quality of life Center, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
- Department of Research and Innovation, Support Unit for Clinical Research and Economic Evaluation, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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- STAD, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- APPsyCI-Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and Inclusion, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, Portugal
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- APPsyCI-Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and Inclusion, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, Portugal
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- FEANTSA, European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, Bruxelles, Belgique
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- Department of Human and Organizational Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Gaboardi M, Lenzi M, Disperati F, Santinello M, Vieno A, Tinland A, Vargas-Moniz MJ, Spinnewijn F, O'Shaughnessy BR, Wolf JR, Bokszczanin A, Bernad R, Beijer U, Ornelas J, Shinn M, Consortium Study Group HE. Goals and Principles of Providers Working with People Experiencing Homelessness: A Comparison Between Housing First and Traditional Staircase Services in Eight European Countries. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019; 16:ijerph16091590. [PMID: 31067661 PMCID: PMC6539657 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16091590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The implementation and adaptation of the Housing First (HF) model represented profound changes the structure and delivery, goals, and principles of homeless services. These features of homeless services directly influence providers, their work performance and the clients’ outcomes. The present research, conducted in eight European countries, investigated how social providers working in HF or TS (Traditional Staircase) describe and conceptualize the goals and the principles of their services. Data were collected through 29 focus group discussions involving 121 providers. The results showed that HF and TS had similar and different goals for their clients in the following areas: support, social integration, satisfaction of needs, housing, and well-being. HF providers emphasized clients’ autonomy and ability to determine their personal goals, with housing being considered a start on the path of recovery, while TS were more focused on individual clients’ basic needs with respect to food, health and finding temporary accommodations. HF providers privileged the person-centered approach and housing as a right, while TS providers were more focused on helping everyone. Implications of the results are discussed as suggestions both for practice and for research.
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- Marta Gaboardi
- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, 35131 Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Support Unit for clinical research and economic evaluation, Assistance Publique⁻Hôpitaux de Marseille, 13385 Marseille, France.
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- APPsyCI-Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and Inclusion, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa 1149-041, Portugal.
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- FEANTSA, European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, Bruxelles 1210, Belgique.
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- Impuls-Netherlands Center for Social Care Research, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525 EZ, The Netherlands.
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- Institute of Psychology, Opole University, Opole 45-052, Poland.
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- STAD, Stockholm Center for Psychiatry Research and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 113 64, Sweden.
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- APPsyCI-Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and Inclusion, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisboa 1149-041, Portugal.
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- Department of Human and Organizational Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
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Canale N, Vieno A, Griffiths MD, Marino C, Chieco F, Disperati F, Andriolo S, Santinello M. The efficacy of a web-based gambling intervention program for high school students: A preliminary randomized study. Computers in Human Behavior 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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