The Importance of Family Support in the Process of the Adjustment of Current and Former Prisoners
The research presented in this paper seeks answers to two questions: What is the impact of perceived support from different actors (including family members) in a situation where problems are encountered in readapting those who have been punished by incar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow Press
2015-09-01
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| Series: | The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II |
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| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/thepersonandthechallenges/article/view/1529/1429 |
| Summary: | The research presented in this paper seeks answers to two questions: What is
the impact of perceived support from different actors (including family members)
in a
situation where problems are encountered in readapting those who have been
punished by incarceration? What is the impact of perceived support from different
actors (including family members) in achieving the objectives in readapting those who
have been punished by incarceration? The answers to these questions are given on the
basis of the results obtained by examining 296 men punished by incarceration, who on
account of two criteria (location and level of adaptation), were divided into 4 groups:
former prisoners with high levels of adaptation, current prisoners with high levels
of adaptation, current prisoners with low levels of adaptation and former prisoners
with low levels of adaptation. In the determination of the level of adaptation, in the
overall result, the RISB Sentence Completion Test by J. Rotter was used, while the
sources of support were studied, using the Social Support Rating Questionnaire by
I. Niewiadomska.
Based on these results, it may be concluded that perceived family support in
overcoming problems and achieving goals – i.e. from the mother, father, siblings,
fiancée/wife, relatives –
does not contribute to a
high level of adaptation, for those
who been punished by incarceration, in both current and former prisoners. It is only
low-intensely perceived help from one’s siblings and fiancée/wife’s life, which leads to
a reduction of the capabilities for adaptation in people who are currently imprisoned. |
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| ISSN: | 2083-8018 2391-6559 |