The Association Between Anxiety and Time to Community Release in a Sample of Incarcerated Women. (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pflugradt, Dawn M.; Allen, Bradley P.; Butler, Stephanie
• Is Part Of: Prison journal. Volume 102:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 458
• Page End: 473
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: anxiety -- incarcerated women -- community re-integration; Prisons -- Periodicals; Prisons -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 365.6
• DOI: 10.1177/00328855221109817
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-8855

Abstract

Although the sociocultural factors impeding successful community re-integration for incarcerated women have been researched extensively, few studies have examined associated psychological influences. This study explored if there was a relationship between self-reported symptoms of anxiety and time to release from prison for a sample of incarcerated women. The results revealed that total self-reported symptoms of anxiety increased as time to release from prison decreased for all offenders regardless of the independent/predictor variable with the exception of age at index offense. The total scores of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) increased as the participants' age at time of index offenses decreased.