Organizational structure, climate, and collaboration between juvenile justice and community mental health centers: implications for evidence-based practice implementation for adolescent substance use disorder treatment

Table 3 Organizational and implementation measures by organization type

	Juvenile Justice		Community Mental Health
	M	SD	M	SD	t	df	P
Implementation Climate Scale (ICS)¹
Focus on Evidence-Based Practice	4.5	0.7	4.1	0.8	−1.9	100	.06
Educational Support for Evidence-Based Practice	4.3	0.8	3.8	0.9	−2.2	99	.03*
Recognition for Evidence-Based Practice	3.7	1.3	3.8	1.0	.26	93	.79
Rewards for Evidence-Based Practice	2.0	1.4	3.2	1.3	3.6	94	.00*
Selection for Openness	3.9	0.9	3.9	0.9	−.07	99	.94
Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS)²
Proactive	3.9	1.1	3.5	1.1	−1.9	95	.07
Knowledgeable	4.1	1.1	3.9	0.9	−.81	95	.42
Supportive	4.2	0.9	4.2	0.9	.00	96	.98
Perseverant	4.1	0.9	4.0	0.8	−.17	95	.86
Organizational Readiness to Implement Change (ORIC)³	4.1	0.8	4.1	0.8	−.56	100	.58

¹Higher scores indicate higher frequency. (min = 1, “not at all,” max = 5, “very great extent”)
²Higher scores indicate greater evidence of this trait (min = 1, “not at all,” max = 5, “very great extent”). Note that supervisors are rating themselves, and staff members are rating their supervisors
³Higher scores indicate greater agreement that the organization is ready to implement the EBP (min = 1, “disagree,” max = 5, “agree”)
Note: We excluded one subscale from the ICS, “selection for evidence-based practice” due to missing data from community mental health participants

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