Psychosocial Factors Determining Psychological Disorders among Prison inmates in Nigeria: Implications for Treatment Intervention
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Prisoners, pychology, criminal law, psychosocial factors, psychological disorders, NigeriaSynopsis
This study was designed to assess the role of psychosocial variables in .determining psychological disturbances among prisoners, in Nigeria and initiate a psychological treatment intervention programme for use among prisoners; Stratified sampling. was used to select four medium· prisons in Nigeria. These were Kaduna, Agodi, Benin and Enugu prisons.Using a table of random numbers, 150 prisoners were .a ndomly selected from the_ four prisons and another 150 non-prisoners from the .general population; Also, 211 prisoners were involved in· the treatment programme at the Agod_i prison, lbadan. These were randomly' assigned to both experimental and control groups. Data were. collected using the Personality Inventory Questionnaire (PIQ), comprising Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Awaritefe · Psychological.- Index (API), the Crown Crisp Experiential Index (CCEI), ·and ldemudia Prison Stress Scale .(IPSS). Nine hypotheses were tested in this study...
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