IMPRISONMENT'S AFFECTS UPON THE SELF CONCEPT AND THE ACTUALIZING PROCESS

• NCJ Number: 7304
• Author(s): G W GATTSHALL
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 108 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

MEASUREMENT OF OVERALL CHANGE OR IMPACT UPON FELONS OF FOUR AND ONE-HALF MONTHS INCARCERATION AT THE INDIANA STATE REFORMATORY.

Abstract

A SAMPLE OF 176 NEWLY INCARCERATED INMATES WERE GIVEN PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS UPON ADMISSION AND AFTER FOUR AND ONE-HALF MONTHS OF IMPRISONMENT. THE SAMPLE INDICATED AN INCREASING OPENNESS TO THE NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTES OF THE SELF CONCEPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF THEMSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF STRENGTHENING OF THE MORAL-ETHICAL SELF STRUCTURE, AND A LESSENING OF OR ADJUSTMENT TO BASIC PERSONALITY DEFECTS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE ADULT PORTION OF THE SAMPLE INDICATED CHANGE IN WHICH MAN WAS VIEWED AS INHERENTLY MORE GOOD THAN EVIL. THE NEGRO PORTION OF THE SAMPLE WAS VIEWED AS HAVING BECOME MORE ORIENTED TO REALITY AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS. APPENDICES CONTAIN TABLES OF STATISTICAL DATA GATHERED DURING THE STUDY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)