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Social Support and Psychological Distress in a Group of Incarcerated Young Offenders

Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland

Kevin G. Power

Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland

Using Power, Champion, and Aris's Significant Others Scale, the present study examined the function and structure of social support in a group of incarcerated young offenders. Support across nine key relationships from both outside and inside the prison were examined. The study aimed to examine social support as a key variable in coping with incarceration. Furthermore, the study examined the role that social support plays in the experience of self-reported psychological distress (anxiety, depression, and hopelessness) while incarcerated The importance of prison relationships-with a close friend and members of prison staff in the experience of psychological distress-was highlighted, where distressed inmates were more likely to report discrepancies in the actual/ideal levels of both emotional and practical support. Regression analyses highlighted the importance of relationships with the staff as predictors of anxiety, depression, and hopelessness.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 41, No. 3, 213-230 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X97413002


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