Psychosocial stressors perceived in the process of social reintegration and compliance time remaining in prison sentence

• Main Authors: M. García-Jarillo, F. Caravaca-Sánchez, C. Sánchez-Alcaraz, A. Luna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedad Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
• Series: Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
• Subjects: prisons; prisoners; stress psychological; social adjustment; quality of life; cross-sectional studies; psychology; spain
• Online Access: http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1575-06202016000200003&lng=en&tlng=en

Introduction: This study shows the results obtained from evaluating the main psychosocial stressors perceived in the process of social reintegration and their relation to a remaining sentence time in prison. Material and methods: A questionnaire based on an ad hoc design was administered, using a Likert scale, with a total of 383 inmates serving sentences in southeast Spain. Results: Findings show that inmates with a remaining sentence period of more than one year, like those who had served more than a year of their sentence, showed greater concern about possible economic difficulties. Conclusions: The psychosocial stressors studied might provide relevant information to facilitate the process of social reintegration after the completion of a prison sentence.