Inmates’ Adaptation to Prison: Investigating the Mediating Role of Resilience in the Relationship between Religiosity and Prison Adjustment

IF 1.3 4区 社会学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Lawrence Nwachukwu Okwuosa, Desmond Uchechukwu Onu, Maria-Chidi Christiana Onyedibe
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Incarceration is one of the most stressful life experiences with negative impacts on the health and wellbeing of the prisoners. Sufficient studies exist on the association between religiosity and adjustment to prison (ATP) but no studies have investigated the mediating variables explaining this link. This study examined the mediating role of resilience on the relationship between religiosity and ATP. Participants 513 inmates (males = 410, females = 103; mean age = 30.86, SD = 7.71 years) drawn from Enugu and Nsukka custodial centres in the South East Nigeria. They responded to Prison Adjustment Questionnaire, Religious Orientation Test and Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale in addition to supplying other relevant information. Hayes PROCESS macro for SPSS which uses a regression-based, path-analytical framework, was used in the data analysis. The results showed a significant indirect effect of resilience on the association between religiosity and ATP (β = .45, p < .001, 95% CI [0.27, 0.62]). This result revealed that resilience mediated the relationship between religiosity and ATP, indicating that individuals who are religious may possess higher resilience, leading to improved ATP. In conclusion, the study recommends incorporating comprehensive mental health services with a focus on resilience-building strategies in prison policies. Encouraging detainees’ religious beliefs and activities is suggested, along with promoting psychological therapies to enhance resilience and improve adjustment to prison life.
囚犯对监狱的适应:研究复原力在宗教信仰与监狱适应关系中的中介作用
监禁是压力最大的生活经历之一,会对囚犯的健康和福祉产生负面影响。关于宗教信仰与监狱适应(ATP)之间关系的研究很多,但还没有研究对解释这种关系的中介变量进行调查。本研究探讨了复原力对宗教信仰与 ATP 之间关系的中介作用。参与研究的 513 名囚犯(男 = 410 人,女 = 103 人;平均年龄 = 30.86 岁,SD = 7.71 岁)来自尼日利亚东南部的埃努古和恩苏卡拘留中心。除提供其他相关信息外,他们还回答了监狱适应性问卷、宗教取向测试和康纳-戴维森复原力量表。数据分析使用了 SPSS 的 Hayes PROCESS 宏,该宏使用基于回归的路径分析框架。结果显示,抗逆力对宗教信仰与 ATP 之间的关联有明显的间接影响(β = .45,p < .001,95% CI [0.27,0.62])。这一结果表明,复原力是宗教信仰与 ATP 之间关系的中介,表明信教的人可能拥有更高的复原力,从而提高 ATP。总之,研究建议在监狱政策中纳入以抗逆力建设策略为重点的全面心理健康服务。建议鼓励被拘留者的宗教信仰和活动,同时推广心理疗法,以增强复原力,改善对监狱生活的适应。
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期刊介绍: The International Journal of Press/Politics is an interdisciplinary journal for the analysis and discussion of the role of the press and politics in a globalized world. The Journal is interested in theoretical and empirical research on the linkages between the news media and political processes and actors. Special attention is given to the following subjects: the press and political institutions (e.g. the state, government, political parties, social movements, unions, interest groups, business), the politics of media coverage of social and cultural issues (e.g. race, language, health, environment, gender, nationhood, migration, labor), the dynamics and effects of political communication.
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