APPLICATION OF SELF-ESTEEM MEASURES IN A CORRECTIONAL SETTING, PART 2 - CHANGES IN SELF-ESTEEM DURING INCARCERATION

• NCJ Number: 14469
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1974) Pages: 9-15
• Author(s): L A BENNETT
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

NO CONSISTENT PATTERN OF CHANGE WAS FOUND IN AN EXAMINATION OF SELF-ESTEEM OF 82 ADULT MALE INMATES AT SIX-MONTH INTERVALS DURING THEIR INCARCERATION.

Abstract

THE HYPOTHESIS EXAMINED SUGGESTED THAT SELF-ESTEEM WOULD INCREASE AFTER THE INITIAL PERIOD OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION, REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH DURING THE MIDPORTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S STAY, AND DROP TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL AS RELEASE FROM THE INSTITUTION IS CONTEMPLATED. THE RESULTS FAILED TO SUPPORT THIS HYPOTHESIS. FOR MOST INMATES IN THE SAMPLE, SELF-ESTEEM INCREASED DURING THE FIRST FEW MONTHS BUT STAYED HIGH THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE INSTITUTIONAL STAY, INCLUDING THE PRERELEASE PERIOD. VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES EXPLAINING THIS FINDING ARE DISCUSSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)