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Questionnaires and certain biometric tests (for blood pressure) were used to asses prisoners and their attitudes and perceptions in two assessments spread out by four months. The results of this data collection were then analyzed using standard statistical software and techniques to determine if there were any correlations between the measured variables, which were established using scales specifically developed for the study.
Limitations: The authors do not actually explicitly list any limitations in this study. They do note that an initial cohort comprising twenty-six individuals in addition to the eighty who yielded data for final analysis were initially included in the study, however these individuals failed to participate in the second assessment. There were some notable differences between the groups that finished the second assessment and those that did not, especially the length of prison sentences (those only completing the first assessment had shorter sentences; their release might have been a factor in their failure to complete the full study) and a lower rate of anxiety generally and regarding problems outside of prison specifically.
Commentary: Though limitations are not specifically listed by the authors, the fact that the population...
prison. In addition, the fact that the research population was all incarcerated in one basic facility limits the generalizability of the study in that it limits findings to the specific prison at which these prisoners were incarcerated, and during the specific time of the observation. That is, because there is a dearth of information regarding other prisons or even the same prison over a different period, the effects of specific environmental changes or circumstances on the prison population and the elements studied cannot be ascertained or controlled for, and thus call the findings into question.
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Author(s): Paul Paulus and Mary Dzindolet, University of Texas at Arlington
Article Title: Reactions of Male and Female Inmates to Prison Confinement -- Further Evidence for a Two-Component Model
Publisher: American Association for Correctional Psychology
Publication: Criminal Justice and Behavior
Publication Type: Peer reviewed and refereed journal
Date of Publication: June 1993
Volume: 20
Issue: 2
Pages: 149-66
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