Abstract
SummaryThirty‐three male and female alcoholic patients in five treatment programmes were given modified versions of the short Ward Atmosphere Scale (WAS) and Community Oriented Program Environment Scale (COPES). Patient WAS (COPES) subscale scores were found to be moderately intercorrelated. A principal component analysis of patient WAS (COPES) subscale scores revealed a three‐dimensional structure. The three components were labelled as Interaction, Treatment Oriented and Control. Alcoholics patients' response to the WAS (COPES) were seen to be similar to those of other psychiatric patients. This might suggest the possibility of using the WAS (COPES) as a means for assessing alcoholism treatment milieux.
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