Depression and anxiety in older Black female prisoners across five states

¶ … women at five state prison facilities located in Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia, and Mississippi. The purpose of this research is to study specifically the effects of being an older black female in prison today: how does prison life affect depression and anxiety levels, arid does a black woman's socioeconomic background contribute to or hinder her ability to adapt to prison life? Also the effect that racial and cultural discrimination may have on black female inmates serving longer sentences and facing the possibly of dying in prison. The initial results of the surveys indicated a significant difference in depression, anxiety, somatization, prison adjustment, and death anxiety levels between White and Black female offenders.

TABLE of CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE REVIEW

FEAMLE INMATES

AGING (Graying) INMATES

BLACK / FEMALE / AGING INMATES

METHODOLOGY

PARTICIPANTS

INSTRUMENT

MEASURES

HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST.

TEMPLER'S DEATH ANXIETY SCALE.

DATA COLLECTION

DATA ANALYSIS

RESULTS:

MEANS

BIVARIATE CORRELATIONS

CROSS-TABULATION SCALES

LIMITATIONS of the STUDY

DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION