Reentering the Community after Prison: Perspectives on the Role and Importance of Social Support

Kjellstrand, Jean; Clark, Miriam; Caffery, Celia; Smith, Joanna; Eddy, J. Mark

doi:10.1007/s12103-020-09596-4

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“…As individuals develop broader support networks, they may gain increased access to resources that support their health and wellbeing. Indeed, researchers have found that support from peers with similar legal system experiences can be particularly beneficial (Gordon et al, 2013;Heidemann et al, 2014;Heidemann et al, 2016;Kjellstrand et al, 2021;Marlow et al, 2015) The findings from this study also suggest there may be individual and system-wide healthcare costs related to criminal record-related discrimination. These costs may be attributable to several factors.…”

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Discrimination, social support, and health‐related quality of life among individuals with criminal records

McWilliams

Stidham

Hunter

2022

Journal Community Psychology

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Several studies have found an association between social identity-based discrimination and reduced physical health.Research also indicates that social support may sometimes protectively moderate this relationship. This study addresses the lack of sufficient research regarding these connections among individuals facing criminal record discrimination. The authors analyzed the responses of 168 people with felony records who completed a nationwide, online survey. While controlling for several other potentially impactful variables, the authors used regression analyses to explore the relationship between criminal record discrimination and reported healthy days per month and whether social support protectively moderated this relationship. There was a significant negative association between criminal record discrimination and healthy days among those with notably low social support. Meanwhile, moderate levels of social support appeared to protectively extinguish this relationship. This study suggests that social support may influence whether criminal record discrimination negatively impacts health.

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Section: Implications and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 65%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Discrimination, social support, and health‐related quality of life among individuals with criminal records

McWilliams

Stidham

Hunter

2022

Journal Community Psychology

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“…Numerous studies have demonstrated the positive impact that social support can have for returning individuals on improving physical and psychological health (Fahmy & Wallace, 2019), finding and maintaining employment (Visher & Courtney, 2007), and avoiding recidivism (Visher et al, 2009). However, most social support literature focused on the reentry period has examined support from family (e.g., Kjellstrand et al, 2021) rather than support from secondary groups, including that from mentors. Further, most literature has focused on the positive aspects of social support.…”

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The Importance of Positive Social Support During Reentry From Prison: Examining the Role of Volunteer Mentoring

Kjellstrand

Matulis

Jackson

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Social support appears to be important in improving outcomes for incarcerated individuals during the reentry process not only in terms of general wellbeing but also in gaining employment and avoiding recidivism. Mentoring programs have become increasingly popular interventions that are intended to provide such support during reentry. However, research on mentoring programs is limited and tends to focus solely on the programs’ impact on recidivism, a distal outcome. Through the use of semi-structured, in-depth interviews, this qualitative study focuses on more proximal outcomes, exploring how reentering individuals who are receiving volunteer mentoring through a transitional housing program define successful reentry and perceive the value of different types of support they received from their mentors. Participants identified several indicators of successful reentry and discussed the types of support that were helpful, harmful, or absent. Implications for practice and areas for future research are discussed.

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“…Social support includes emotional support, encouragement to express feelings, giving advice or information, and material assistance (Hu et al, 2019). Aspects of social support are emotional support, instrumental support, informational support, and friendship support (Nick et al, 2018); (Moeini et al, 2018); (Kjellstrand et al, 2022). Support from the family in the form of acceptance, attention, and trust will cause individuals to be motivated to keep trying to achieve their goals.…”

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Social Support as a Predictor of Athletes Achievement Motivation:A Correlation Study at the Glagah Wangi Demak Athletic Club

Pambudi¹

2022

IJMRA

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Social support is one of the factors that influence achievement motivation. Social support received can make individuals feel calm, cared for, self-confident, and competent. This study aims to determine the effect of social support on achievement motivation in athletic athletes. The type of research is ex post facto. The population is the athletics athletes of the Glagah Wangi Demak athletic club totaling 37 athletes with an age range of 14-19 years. The instrument in this research is a questionnaire. Data analysis using a simple regression test. The results showed that there was a significant effect of social support on the achievement motivation of athletic athletes. The contribution of social support to achievement motivation in athletic athletes is 27.90%. The better the athlete's social support, the higher the achievement motivation. It is hoped that people around athletes, such as parents, coaches, and friends, will provide the support that can help athletes so that they have a positive impact on their achievements. Athletes must maintain and develop enthusiasm while undergoing the best possible training program. Parents always encourage their children and provide good infrastructure to support children's achievements.

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Reentering the Community after Prison: Perspectives on the Role and Importance of Social Support

Cited by 23 publications

References 41 publications

Discrimination, social support, and health‐related quality of life among individuals with criminal records

Discrimination, social support, and health‐related quality of life among individuals with criminal records

The Importance of Positive Social Support During Reentry From Prison: Examining the Role of Volunteer Mentoring

Social Support as a Predictor of Athletes Achievement Motivation:A Correlation Study at the Glagah Wangi Demak Athletic Club

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