The interplay of youth and care characteristics with a positive social climate in therapeutic residential youth care

• Using a person-centered approach identified two setting types and four youth groups. Few social climate differences exist between family-style larger group settings. The with severe problems experienced the most negatively. family perceive involvement positively in Policymakers should reject one size fits all residential care. Limited research exists on how therapeutic care (TRC) achieves treatment outcomes. More specifically, little is known about association contextual factors such as organization, characteristics, TRC. Therefore, this study aims to investigate latent classes of TRC characteristics their positive perceived climate. We applied cross-sectional design sample 400 adolescents 142 staff leaders. analyzed class analysis established associations for these groupings. settings we found, i.e., settings, show small These only differed activities shifts type (more cohabitation unorganized outside TRC). adolescent classes: A group, incidental problems, migrant background group. showed perceptions climate, followed by problems. acknowledge connected heterogeneity As subjective dynamic, continuous dialogue recommended. Future aspects are associated outcomes increase our understanding achieving