Exploring the Dimensionality of Trauma-Informed Care: Implications for Theory and Practice
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2017-01-06
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Travis Hales, Nancy Kusmaul & Thomas Nochajski (2017) Exploring the Dimensionality of Trauma-Informed Care: Implications for Theory and Practice, Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 41:3, 317-325, DOI: 10.1080/23303131.2016.1268988
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance on 06 Jan 2017, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23303131.2016.1268988
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The current study expands research on trauma-informed care by exploring the theoretical model
proposed by Harris and Fallot (2001). In previous research the dimensions of trauma-informed
care were found to have large correlations (Kusmaul, Wilson & Nochajski, 2015), suggesting the
dimensions may share an underlying dimension. This assumption was tested in the current study
through administering the trauma-informed climate scale to six human service agencies (N=641)
and assessing the instrument’s dimensionality using structural equation modeling. The results
indicate that Harris and Fallot’s dimensions are unique but strongly related, sharing an
underlying dimension. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.