Comparison of social exchange styles and socialization and psychological well-being among convicts, plaintiffs and the ordinary group of the government penitentiary complex (medical violations)

Subject Areas : Psychology

mahvash Izadi ¹ , majid saffarinia ²

1 - MA. General Psychology, Payam Noor University, South Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Payam Noor University, South Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-04-29 Accepted : 2021-09-18 Published : 2021-07-23

Keywords: Socialization, psychological well-being, social exchange style, medical disorders,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to compare social exchange styles and socialization and psychological well-being among convicts and plaintiffs and ordinary people in the government penitentiary complex. The research design was descriptive and its population was all clients of Tehran Government Penitentiary Complex (Medical Violations Branches) (1399). 255 samples were randomly selected, 85 were plaintiffs, 85 were offending physicians, and 85 were normal, all male. The research instruments are Liebman (2011) Social Exchange Styles Questionnaire, Penner Socialization Questionnaire (2002) and Ryff Psychological Welfare Questionnaire (1995). Multivariate analysis of variance and post hoc tests with SPSS26 and LISREL 10 software were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the social exchange styles and sociability of the three groups and in terms of psychological well-being in the normal group was higher than the accused and plaintiff groups. By recognizing the social personality characteristics of these offenders, it is possible to understand the cause of personality violations to some extent, and take steps to prevent and reduce such violations through pre-employment counseling and licensing.