Emotional States of Convicts: a Model of a Psychological Correction Program
Aligaeva N. N. Emotional states of convicts: a model of a psychological correction program. Penitentiary Science, 2022, vol. 16, no. 3 (59), pp. 310–319. doi: 10.46741/2686-9764.2022.59.3.009
Introduction: the article presents results of testing the program for psychological correction of convicts’ emotional states, aimed at gradual elaboration of conditions arising at all stages of the life path. The 5-month program involved 167 people serving sentences of imprisonment in subordinate organizations and institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Ryazan Oblast. Methods: at different stages of the program implementation, the following methods were used: scales of positive affect and negative affect (as adapted by E.N. Osin), Spielberger-Hanin anxiety test, K. Izard’s differential emotions scale, Y.M. Orlov’s questionnaire of the need for communication and the need for achievement, Rosenzweig frustration test, and Zimbardo time perspective inventory. Results: as a result of the program, the indicators of situational anxiety decreased compared to the primary results, the emotional states of failure to achieve the goal did not undergo any special changes, however, the indicators of extra-punitive and ego-defense responses went up, the need for communication and the positive emotions index increased, the indices of negative and anxious and depressive emotions declined, which indicates success of the measures implemented. Conclusions: conducting classes with convicts in the context of time periods allowed us to fully consider conditions of convicts, affecting their past experience and future plans and influencing their current state, which contributed to optimizing the emotional state and reducing manifestations of destructive behavior during the process of serving a sentence.
Keywords: Emotional states; emotions; psychological correction; places of imprisonment; convicts; perception of psychological time; time intervals
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