Anxiety Levels of Female Prisoners in Kendari Prison using the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS) Questionnaire
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36990/hijp.v10i2.81Keywords:
Anxiety, Prison, TMAS, Women, ImprisonedAbstract
When a woman is imprisoned, she will experience a lot of pressure. Prisons create feelings of fear and unpleasant feelings due to bad assumptions and pressures experienced such as beatings, torture, sexual harassment, poor health and very minimal facilities, besides that there is a stigma that will remain attached to someone when they are out of prison. The length of their sentence and isolation from the outside environment has a considerable psychological impact on the mental health of prisoners. The purpose of this study was to determine the anxiety level of female prisoners in prison using the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS) Questionnaire. The sample in this study were all 30 female prisoners in prison. Using the descriptive approach method carried out in May-June 2016. The characteristics of respondents with the highest age were 26-35 years (50%), most of the respondents have formal education in SMA (53.33%), and have marriage (87%). The cause of imprisoned is drug usage (70%). The mean and deviation standard of the level of anxiety of female prisoners in prison are moderate anxiety (22.93 ± 3.58), severe anxiety (29.20 ± 5.52) and average mild anxiety (14 , 60 ± 1.14). This is importance for nurses and prison staff to give attention to the anxiety level of women in prison to prevent physical and psychological problems.
References
Afrianti, N. S., Rosyanti, L., Saranani, M. (2016). Gambaran tingkat kecemasan pada narapidana wanita di lembaga pemasyarakatan kelas II Kota Kendari [Poltekkes Kemenkes Kendari]. http://repository.poltekkes-kdi.ac.id/376/
Ahmad, A., & Mazlan, N. H. (2014). Stress and Depression: A Comparison Study between Men and Women Inmates in Peninsular Malaysia. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 4(2). http://www.ijhssnet.com/journal/index/2269
Binswanger, I. A., Krueger, P. M., & Steiner, J. F. (2009). Prevalence of chronic medical conditions among jail and prison inmates in the {USA} compared with the general population. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 63(11), 912–919. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.090662
Clarke, J. G., Phipps, M., Tong, I., Rose, J., & Gold, M. (2010). Timing of conception for pregnant women returning to jail. Journal of Correctional Health Care: The Official Journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, 16(2), 133–138. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078345809356533
Constantino, P., Assis, S. G. de, & Pinto, L. W. (2016). O impacto da prisão na saúde mental dos presos do estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Ciência Saúde Coletiva, 21, 2089–2100. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232015217.01222016
Damas, F. B., & Oliveira, W. F. (2013). A saúde mental nas prisões de {Santa} {Catarina}, {Brasil}. Cadernos Brasileiros de Saúde Mental/Brazilian Journal of Mental Health, 5(12), 1–24. https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/cbsm/article/view/68595
Gussak, D. (2009). The effects of art therapy on male and female inmates: Advancing the research base. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 36(1), 5–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2008.10.002
Kaeble, D., & Glaze, L. E. (2016). Correctional populations in the united states, 2015. In Bureau of Justice Statistics. https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/correctional-populations-united-states-2015
Narayan, A. J., Kalstabakken, A. W., Labella, M. H., Nerenberg, L. S., Monn, A. R., & Masten, A. S. (2017). Intergenerational continuity of adverse childhood experiences in homeless families: Unpacking exposure to maltreatment versus family dysfunction. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 87(1), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000133
Palmer, E. J., & Connelly, R. (2005). Depression, hopelessness and suicide ideation among vulnerable prisoners. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health: CBMH, 15(3), 164–170. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.4
Taylor, J. A. (1953). A personality scale of manifest anxiety. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 48(2), 285–290. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0056264
Wong, S. C. P., Gordon, A., & Gu, D. (2007). Assessment and treatment of violence-prone forensic clients: an integrated approach. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 190(S49), s66--s74. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.190.5.s66
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. (2007). Trencin statement on prisons and mental health. https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-determinants/prisons-and-health/publications/2007/trencin-statement-on-prisons-and-mental-health
Downloads
Additional Files
Published
Versions
- 2021-10-25 (2)
- 2018-12-30 (1)
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Citation Check
License
Copyright (c) 2018 Indriono Hadi, Lilin Rosyanti, Nur Sri Afrianty
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the works authorship and initial publication in this journal and able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journals published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book).
