Prisoner perspectives on mental health problems and help-seeking
Prisoner perspectives on mental health problems and help-seeking
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DOI：
10.1080/14789949.2010.488697
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Latchford, Gary
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作者：
Mitchell, Jonathan;Latchford, Gary
人们对囚犯如何看待心理健康问题或潜在的帮助来源知之甚少。采用个人建构心理学方法，对 12 名成年男性囚犯进行了访谈。这些访谈的信息被用来构建一个依赖网格，一个轴上有问题情况，另一个轴上有可能的帮助源。 177 名囚犯完成了包含此网格的调查问卷。根据问题的不同，记录的从不同来源寻求帮助的意图也有很大差异。选择帮助来源的原因包括预期的响应、信任问题和感知的来源技能水平。年龄较大的参与者记录的使用帮助来源范围明显较小的意图 (2 (4, n=168)=9.57, p=0.048) 和使用更正式帮助来源的更大意图 (2 (4, n=162)= 12.73, p=0.013)。该研究强调了正式和非正式的帮助来源对于监狱中心理健康问题的重要性，并提出了改善支持的方法。
Little is known about how prisoners perceive mental health problems or prospective sources of help. Applying a personal construct psychology approach, interviews were conducted with 12 adult male prisoners. Information from these interviews was used to construct a dependency grid, with problem situations on one axis, and possible help-sources on the other. A questionnaire containing this grid was completed by 177 prisoners. Recorded intentions to seek help from different sources varied considerably depending on the problem. Reasons given for help-source choice included the expected response, trust issues and perceived source skill level. Older participants recorded intentions to use a significantly narrower range of help-sources (2 (4, n=168)=9.57, p=0.048) and greater intentions to use more formal help sources (2 (4, n=162)= 12.73, p=0.013). The study highlighted the importance of both formal and informal sources of help for mental health problems in prison, and suggested ways in which support might be improved.