Biomedical subjects

R H Moos

Publications and source records attributed to R H Moos.

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PubMed1976

The social climate of alcoholism treatment programs.

The social climate of four residential alcoholism treatment programs was assessed with the Community-Oriented Programs Environment Scale (COPES). The programs differed in terms of their treatment orientations (aversion-conditioning, milieu therapy) and the sociodemographic characteristics of the patients admitted. Results showed that (1) COPES profiles distinguished between the four alcoholism programs in ways that were consistent with their respective treatment orientations; (2) the type of patient admitted to these programs did not systematically affect their treatment environment; and (3) changes occurring within an alcoholism program resulted in corresponding changes in relevant dimensions of the treatment environment. We also discuss the practical utility of the COPES for assessing alcoholism programs.

Alcoholism↗

PubMed1976

Monitoring change in community-oriented treatment programs.

Changes in the social climate of two alcoholism treatment programs were evaluated by repeated assessments with the Community-Oriented Programs Environment Scale (COPES). The programs were similar in size and treatment orientation, but differed in physical and organizational setting, program length, and patient and staff characteristics. Specific and unique changes occurring within the treatment programs resulted in corresponding changes in relevant dimensions of the programs' social climates. The practical utility of COPES evaluations in instituting quality control and evaluating the results of change in community-oriented treatment programs is discussed.

Alcoholism↗

PubMed1976

Orgasmic frequency and plasma testosterone levels in normal human males.

Twenty males participated in a 2-month study examining the relationship between 8 a.m. plasma testosterone levels and orgasmic frequency. Within subjects, higher levels of testosterone are associated with periods of sexual activity. Over subjects, however, the direction of the relationship is reversed. Mean testosterone levels were higher for sexually less active individuals.

Adult↗

PubMed1976

A typology of family social environments.

A sample of 100 families measured on ten dimensions of their social environments was subjected to cluster analysis to develop an empirically based taxonomy of families. Six distinctive clusters of families were indentified: Expression-Oriented, Structure-Oriented, Independence-Oriented, Achievement-Oriented, Moral/Religious-Oriented and Conflict-Oriented. The clusters showed systematic differences in background characteristics such as size, ethnic minority composition, drinking patterns, and family disturbance and incongruence. Some evidence that certain clusters of families are composed of different sub-clusters was presented. An empirically derived taxonomy of the social environments of families may help to understand how different family environments are linked to different family outcomes.

Achievement↗

PubMed1976