"The Rock I Cling To": Religious Engagement in the Lives of Life-Sentenced Women. (September 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "The Rock I Cling To": Religious Engagement in the Lives of Life-Sentenced Women. (September 2014)
- Main Title:
- "The Rock I Cling To"
- Authors:
- Dye, Meredith Huey
Aday, Ronald H.
Farney, Lori
Raley, Jordan - Abstract:
- A growing body of research—much of which has focused on male inmates—suggests that religion ameliorates many pains and problems of imprisonment. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of religious engagement on prison adjustment among a sample of 214 females serving life sentences in a Southern state prison system. Results of multivariate analyses indicate that religious engagement is indirectly related to prison adjustment; however, the role that religious engagement plays seems to be through helping women deal with feelings of depression. Women's personal accounts of prison adjustment corroborate these findings.
- Is Part Of:
- Prison journal. Volume 94:Number 3(2014:Sep.)
- Journal:
- Prison journal
- Issue:
- Volume 94:Number 3(2014:Sep.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 94, Issue 3 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 94
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0094-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 388
- Page End:
- 408
- Publication Date:
- 2014-09
- Subjects:
- female inmates -- life sentence -- religion -- prison adjustment -- depression
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Prisons -- Périodiques
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365.6 - Journal URLs:
- http://tpj.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepub.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0032885514537605 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0032-8855
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