Social integration and mental well-being among jail inmates
Social integration and mental well-being among jail inmates
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1007524426382
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发表时间：
2000-09-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Lindquist, CH
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作者：
Lindquist, CH
虽然社会融合一直与一般人口的精神健康有关，但这种关系尚未对被关在综合机构的人进行探讨。监狱尤其具有独特的条件，有可能改变社会关系与精神健康之间的传统关系。虽然以前未经审查：监狱囚犯在监狱内外维持的社会关系通常被保留，以削弱压力环境的一些不利影响，并对心理健康产生积极影响。本研究探讨了社会整合对198名在押男女囚犯心理健康的影响，考察了婚姻状况、父母状况和社会支持（监狱内外）对心理健康各方面的影响。结果表明，与心理健康相比，机构内外的社会关系与更高程度的痛苦有关。具体来说，已婚囚犯报告的抑郁和焦虑程度更高，礼仪监狱内社会关系密切的囚犯报告的敌意程度更高，尽管这些模式的性别差异很明显。本研究的结果表明，由于社会污名化和与支持网络分离的独特条件，社会融合可能对被关押在综合机构中的人起着不同于一般人群的作用。
Although social integration has consistently been linked to mental well-being among the general population, this relationship has not been explored for persons confined in total institutions. Jails, in particular, represent unique conditions that have the potential to alter the traditional relationship between social ties and mental health. Although previously unexamined: social ties maintained by jail inmates outside and inside of the institution are commonly preserved to weaken some of the adverse effects of a stressful environment ard positively influence mental health. The current study explores the impact of social integration on mental well-being among 198 male and female inmates incarcerated in a large country, jail, The impact of marital status, parental status, and social support (both inside and outside of the jail) on various dimensions of mental health was examined. The results indicate that rather than pro,noting mental well-being, social relationships inside and outside of the institution are associated with higher levels of distress. Specifically, married inmates report higher levels of depression and anxiety, and inmates with close social relationships inside of rite jail report higher levels of hostility, although gender differences in these patterns are evident. The results of this study suggest that social integration may play a different role for persons incarcerated in total institutions than among the general population due to the unique conditions of social stigmatization and separation from support networks.