监狱友幸福指数 (PF WBI) 的发展和心理测量属性
Michael Denhof1, Rachel Crawley1, Leigha Puckett1
1Department of Research and Innovation, Prison Fellowship, Lansdowne, Virginia, USA.
International journal of prison health
|November 22, 2024
概括
监狱协会福利指数 (PF-WBI) 是衡量监狱囚犯和工作人员福利的新工具. 这个经过验证的指数评估了情绪,人际关系和压力等关键因素,有助于评估监狱文化.
科学领域:
- 心理测量 心理测量
- 校正心理学 校正心理学
- 监狱社会学 纠正的社会学
背景情况:
- 监狱环境对被监禁人员和工作人员的福祉有重大影响.
- 现有的工具可能无法充分捕捉在惩戒机构内的福祉的多面性质.
- 评估幸福感对于理解和改善监狱文化至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证监狱奖学金福利指数 (PF-WBI).
- 创建一个量化工具来评估囚犯和工作人员的福利.
- 为评估旨在改善监狱环境的干预措施的有效性提供一个工具.
主要方法:
- 代项目开发和改进过程.
- 除了已建立的福利措施外,PF-WBI的管理.
- 从北达科他州四个监狱的989名工作人员和囚犯收集数据.
- 统计分析包括可靠性,有效性和测量不变性测试.
主要成果:
- PF-WBI显示出一个强大的四个因素结构:动机/自尊,关系/社区功能,希望/情绪和与压力相关的损害.
- 该指数表现出良好的内部一致性可靠性和与现有措施的收有效性.
- 与标准相关的有效性在人员和囚犯群体中得到证实.
- 在工作人员和囚犯群体中建立了测量不变性.
结论:
- 该PF-WBI是一个可靠和有效的工具,用于评估在校正设置的福祉.
- 研究人员和从业人员可以利用这个工具来评估监狱文化.
- 该PF-WBI可以提供信息和评估努力,以提高监狱内的个人的福祉.
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