Loneliness in The Jail and Relation of Loneliness with Depression.

Volume: 6 Number: 1 March 1, 1998
  • Çorapçioğlu Özkürkçügil Aytül
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Loneliness in The Jail and Relation of Loneliness with Depression.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the prisoners' level of loneliness and it's relation to social functioning and depression. Data concerning personal, social familial characteristics of the subjects and their relations with officers in the jail was collected by a questionnaire. The level of loneliness and depression of subjects were assesssed by applying UÇLA Loneliness Scale and Zung Depression Scale. Results of the study shovved that level of loneliness were significantly high in sixty and över years old convicted vvomen who were living alone previously and who haven't any visitors during their stay in the jail and who committed a erime previously in their life and also who had high scores of depression in Zung Depression Scale. The education level of the subjects, duration in the jail and the type of the erime were not significantly related to level of loneliness. Moreover the mean scores of loneliness scale was significantly low in subject without suicide attempt and who were participants of recreational activities in the jail.

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March 1, 1998

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March 1, 1998

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Year 1998 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Özkürkçügil Aytül, Ç. (1998). CEZAEVİNDE YALNIZLIK VE YALNIZLIĞIN DEPRESYONLA İLİŞKİSİ. Kriz Dergisi, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1501/Kriz_0000000030