The application of psychodidactic support groups to facilitate female offenders' adjustment to prison.

Sultan, Faye E.; Long, Gary T.; Kiefer, Stephan

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“…There have also been studies on the relationship between female prisoners' participation in treatment programs and their prison adjustment. Those who participate in treatment intervention programs show better adjustment to the prison environment than female prisoners not involved in therapy (Negy, Woods, & Carlson, 1997;Sultan, Long, & Kiefer, 1986;Sultan, Long, Schrum, Selby, & Calhoun, 1985). Loper (2002) discovered that female prisoners convicted of drug possession offenses were more satisfied with the prison environment, experienced less internal distress, conflict, and mental illness, and took a more positive view toward imprisonment.…”

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Social Support and Chinese Female Offenders’ Prison Adjustment

Liu

Chui

2013

The Prison Journal

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In this article, we investigate the relationship between Chinese female offenders' prison adjustment and their perception of social support using both quantitative and qualitative methods. We find that social support has positive effects on female offenders' prison adjustment and that demographic factors are not significantly related to their prison adjustment or perception of social support. Of three types of social support providers (family, friends, and significant others), offenders welcomed support from the family the most, followed by significant others (including prison officers and social volunteers). Support from friends (mainly fellow prisoners) is comparatively less important in the lives of Chinese female offenders.

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Section: Female Offenders' Prison Adjustmentmentioning

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Social Support and Chinese Female Offenders’ Prison Adjustment

Liu

Chui

2013

The Prison Journal

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“…Within prisons, support groups can provide essential emotional support to inmates. The possibility of sharing their experience with others in similar situations encourages detainees to confront their emotions, with a consequent reduction in the avoidance of their emotional state and a better acceptance of the imprisonment condition, which in turn positively affect their mental health (Sultan, Long, & Kiefer, 1986). Indeed, a large body of literature has shown that psychological well‐being is greatly affected by how individuals approach their inner states rather than how negative and intense such states are (Bond et al., 2011).…”

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Can the chronic exclusion‐resignation link be broken? An analysis of support groups within prisons

Aureli

Marinucci

Riva

2020

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Social exclusion, especially when prolonged over time––has a strong impact on the individuals’ health and wellbeing. According to the Temporal Need‐Threat Model (Williams, 2009), the experience of chronic social exclusion inescapably leads to a condition of resignation, characterized by feelings of alienation, depression, helplessness, and unworthiness. However, few empirical studies have tested this prediction and its potential moderating factors. In this research, we identified the prison as a prototypical condition of chronic social exclusion, and aimed at (a) empirically testing the link between chronic exclusion and the resignation stage, (b) investigating whether situational factors—such as attending a support group in prison—can reduce the adverse outcomes of the resignation, and (c) exploring the role of individual differences (e.g., psychological flexibility) in mediating the effect of the support group on the resignation. The study involved 136 participants—68 detainees (31 of them participated in a support group) and 68 free citizens. Results showed that prisoners without the support group showed the highest levels of feelings of resignation. By contrast, prisoners in the support group were no different from nonprisoners in terms of resignation stage outcomes, and this beneficial effect of the support group was mediated by higher levels of perceived social support and psychological flexibility. Overall, this study suggests that the link between chronic exclusion and the resignation stage could be moderated by intervening social factors, highlighting the potential benefits of group‐based interventions to tackle the negative consequences of chronic exclusion in chronically excluded populations.

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“…Many studies were more issue oriented; the focus of the studies appeared to be the issue in question, not the population or sample used in the study. The issues explored included sexual victimization (Saxe & Johnson, 1999;Talbot et al, 1999;Threadcraft & Wilcoxon, 1993), divorce (Graff et al, 1986), chemical dependency (Gilbert & Beidler, 2001;Kauffman et al, 1995), self-esteem (Yahne & Long, 1988), leaderless groups (Kees, 1999), adjustment to prison (Sultan, Long, & Kiefer, 1986), dependency on others (Perkins & Lynch, 1992), career intervention (Mawson & Kahn, 1993), occupational engagement (Rebeiro & Cook, 1999), career choice (Peng, 2001), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; Schlee et al, 1998).…”

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“…Half of the studies reported that their findings were helpful for women's groups; the other half reported that their findings were important but not in specific relation to women. Multiple studies reported an increase in women's feelings of support (Constantino et al, 2001;Jarrett et al, 2000;Kees, 1999;Lovenfosse & Viney, 1999;Sultan et al, 1986). Many studies also reported that the women's group increased the participants' self-esteem or self-concept (Perkins & Lynch, 1992;Yahne & Long, 1988) and self-efficacy (Sullivan & Mahalik, 2000).…”

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Researching Women's Groups: Findings, Limitations, and Recommendations

Leech

Kees

2005

Journal of Counseling &Amp; Development

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There is not a "typical" women's group, nor are there "typical" women's issues. Every women's group is diverse, with as many viewpoints and perspectives as there are members in the group. Using the group format for women is common practice with many counselors. It is interesting that there has been little empirical research reported on women's groups, how women's groups function, or what useful techniques are used in successful women's groups. Indeed, there is a dearth of empirical research on women's groups. Although there are many articles available that describe women's groups with various populations and issues (e.g., Brody, 1996;Comas-Diaz, 1986;Tlakula, 1998) or discuss strategies for use with women in groups (e.g., Boudin, 1998;Green, 1991;Rife, 1997), there are very few articles written that report empirical research on the effectiveness of women's groups.There have been a handful of articles written that discuss this deficiency. In 1978, Nassi and Abramowitz located only nine published articles on women's groups. They concluded that this "relative paucity of research . . . does not appear to be merely the result of a normal time lag between social phenomenon and scholarly notice" (p. 154). They go on to state that this scarcity might exist from the "'masculine bias' that is embedded in all such institutions" (p. 155) and thus is embedded in research.Walker (1981) reviewed the literature and concluded that women's groups have a unique identity and are different in structure, process, and outcome from mixedgendered groups. Huston (1986) reviewed the literature on women's groups by critiquing Walker's conclusions and found that many of the articles that Walker cited as being based on empirical research studies were, in fact, not research based. Furthermore, many of the other research studies cited were found to have methodological problems. Huston concluded that "very little" (p. 289) can be concluded from the research. In addition, Huston stated, "feminists must move from presenting theory alone to validating their theoretical positions" (p. 290) by doing and reporting empirical research.Hoshmand (2003), in the recently published Handbook on Counseling Women, has declared a "sense of discovery about women as a relatively underresearched population" (p. 548). Hoshmand goes on to state that "there is an urgent need to develop research protocols that are both clinically and culturally sensitive" (p. 552). One of the major foci of the chapter is the importance of using qualitative inquiry and action research when researching women and women's issues. Based on this continued dearth of empirical research on women's groups, the purpose of this article is to report the current state of published research on women's groups and provide recommendations for future research in this area. MethodTo assess the current state of research on women's groups, a search of the literature was completed. Two major search engines (PsycINFO and ERIC) were used to find articles. With these search engines, the key words women and rese...

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The application of psychodidactic support groups to facilitate female offenders' adjustment to prison.

Abstract: A program designed to facilitate newly admitted female immates' adjustment to prison is outlined. The supportive and psychodidactic components of the program are described, and the use of inmate cofacilitators is discussed.

Cited by 11 publications

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Social Support and Chinese Female Offenders’ Prison Adjustment

Social Support and Chinese Female Offenders’ Prison Adjustment

Can the chronic exclusion‐resignation link be broken? An analysis of support groups within prisons

Researching Women's Groups: Findings, Limitations, and Recommendations

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