The current study examined program outcomes for an understudied population of Relationship Education (RE) participants: incarcerated men and women. In addition to relationship functioning, we examined a number of individual and parenting outcomes which had not previously been explored. In a sample of 453 adult inmates, we found improvements in (a) trust, (b) confidence in the relationship, (c) intimacy, (d) individual empowerment, (e) conflict management, (f) help-seeking attitudes, (g) self-esteem, (h) depression, (i) global life stress, (j) faulty relationship beliefs, and (k) parenting efficacy. Tests of moderation by gender and race indicated minimal differences in change patterns between groups; however, we found a significant time by ...
Attachment styles within dyadic relationships affect multiple levels of the family structure that in...
Over the past 20 years the number of women inmates in the United States has increased dramatically. ...
Data was gathered from 232 participants that were recruited to participate in this study as part of ...
The current study examined program outcomes for an understudied population of Relationship Education...
Research indicates healthy family relationships can reduce recidivism. More effort has been placed t...
The impacts of incarceration extend to the entire family system. The relational impact of incarcerat...
Graduation date: 2015The focus of this study was threefold. This research examined the extent to whi...
Prison programs have existed for decades; however, recent attention towards prison reform has raised...
Despite the decline in crime rates and attempts to regulate prison populations, the United States le...
The United States maintains one of the highest incarceration rates in the entire world. The disturbi...
Existing literature in the field of prison education often focuses on rates of reoffending, concepti...
Research shows that intimate relationships, and their maintenance via prison visits, have a positive...
A large body of empirical literature shows that marriage reduces criminal activity. However, many of...
Families are forced to restructure and renegotiate roles of members when a father becomes incarcerat...
An attachment-based, psychotherapeutic parent education course was created for incarcerated mothers ...
Attachment styles within dyadic relationships affect multiple levels of the family structure that in...
Over the past 20 years the number of women inmates in the United States has increased dramatically. ...
Data was gathered from 232 participants that were recruited to participate in this study as part of ...
The current study examined program outcomes for an understudied population of Relationship Education...
Research indicates healthy family relationships can reduce recidivism. More effort has been placed t...
The impacts of incarceration extend to the entire family system. The relational impact of incarcerat...
Graduation date: 2015The focus of this study was threefold. This research examined the extent to whi...
Prison programs have existed for decades; however, recent attention towards prison reform has raised...
Despite the decline in crime rates and attempts to regulate prison populations, the United States le...
The United States maintains one of the highest incarceration rates in the entire world. The disturbi...
Existing literature in the field of prison education often focuses on rates of reoffending, concepti...
Research shows that intimate relationships, and their maintenance via prison visits, have a positive...
A large body of empirical literature shows that marriage reduces criminal activity. However, many of...
Families are forced to restructure and renegotiate roles of members when a father becomes incarcerat...
An attachment-based, psychotherapeutic parent education course was created for incarcerated mothers ...
Attachment styles within dyadic relationships affect multiple levels of the family structure that in...
Over the past 20 years the number of women inmates in the United States has increased dramatically. ...
Data was gathered from 232 participants that were recruited to participate in this study as part of ...