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Psychological Well-being, Resilience and Guilt among Prisoners and Non-prisoners: A Comparative Study


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1 Department of Psychology, School of Liberal Arts, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra, India
     

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This study aims to compare levels of psychological well-being, resilience, and guilt among prisoners and nonprisoners. Total of 200 participants participated in the study (100 prisoners & 100 non-prisoners). Psychological Well-being Scale by Ryff et al. (2010), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) by Smith et al. (2008) and Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale by Cohen (2011) were administered on the participants. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 24. To compare the score 't-test' was utilized. The findings reveal a significant difference between prisoners and nonprisoners in terms of psychological well-being and Guilt. No significant difference was found in resilience between prisoners and non-prisoners.

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psychological well-being, resilience, guilt, prisoners, non-prisoners
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Authors

Devashree Desai
Department of Psychology, School of Liberal Arts, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Kaustubh V. Yadav
Department of Psychology, School of Liberal Arts, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


This study aims to compare levels of psychological well-being, resilience, and guilt among prisoners and nonprisoners. Total of 200 participants participated in the study (100 prisoners & 100 non-prisoners). Psychological Well-being Scale by Ryff et al. (2010), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) by Smith et al. (2008) and Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale by Cohen (2011) were administered on the participants. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 24. To compare the score 't-test' was utilized. The findings reveal a significant difference between prisoners and nonprisoners in terms of psychological well-being and Guilt. No significant difference was found in resilience between prisoners and non-prisoners.

Keywords


psychological well-being, resilience, guilt, prisoners, non-prisoners

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2022%2Fv13i4%2F218355