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SELF-ESTEEM OF PRISONERS COMMITTING DIRECTLY V INDIRECTLY DESTRUCTIVE CRIMES

NCJ Number
42090
Journal
Perceptual and Motor Skills Volume: 44 Dated: (1977) Pages: 375-380
Author(s)
P YELSMA; J YELSMA
Date Published
1977
Length
6 pages
Annotation
SIXTY-TWO PRISONERS FROM A COUNTY JAIL AND A STATE FORENSIC HOSPITAL, HAVING COMMITTED 12 TYPES OF CRIMES, WERE ADMINISTERED THE COOPER-SMITH SELF-ESTEEM QUESTIONNAIRE AND A BIOGRAPHICAL FORM.
Abstract
SELF-ESTEEM SCORES WERE COMPARED ACROSS THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF DESTRUCTIVEMESS OF CRIMINAL ACTS. A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WAS FOUND BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM SCORES FOR THOSE PRISONERS WHO WERE INDIRECTLY DESTRUCTIVE TO OTHERS AND THOSE PRISONERS WHO WERE DIRECTLY DESTRUCTIVE TO OTHERS OR TO THEMSELVES. ALSO, PRISONERS WHO WERE ON WORK RELEASE AND/OR IN PSYCHOLOGY CLASSES TENDED TO HAVE HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM. NO CAUSALITY WAS INFERRED BETWEEN THE INSTRUCTION IN PSYCHOLOGY AND WORK-RELEASE PROGRAMS AND HIGHER LEVELS OF PRISONERS' SELF-ESTEEM.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...TWH

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