Comparing Mental Disorder Symptoms Among Male and Female Prisoners

lranian journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Muhammad Ali Fardin¹  Mohammad Ali Mohammady Far³  Khaled Badpa¹  Mahmoud Shirazi² 

[1] Educational Psychology, Department Of Psychology,Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, IR Iran;Department of Psychology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IR Iran;Department of Psychology, University of Semnan, Semnan, IR Iran

关键词: Mental Disorder;    Prisoners;    Prison;   

DOI  :  10.17795/semj37777

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Background:Severalstudiesconductedaroundtheworldhavereportedahighprevalenceofmentaldisordersamongprisonersandsuggestthatsomementaldisordersaremoreprevalentamongfemaleprisonerscomparedtotheirmalecounterparts.However,alimitednumberofstudieshavebeenconductedtoexaminementaldisordersamongIranianfemaleprisonersandtocomparetheirresultswiththoseofmaleprisoners.Objectives:Themainfocusofthisstudywastocomparementaldisordersymptomsamongmaleandfemaleprisoners.MaterialsandMethods:ThestatisticalpopulationofthecurrentstudyincludedallmaleandfemaleprisonersinZahedancentralprison.Thesamplingmethodwasconductedsuchthatanumberofvariableswereevaluated,includingprisoners’citizenship,maritalstatus,homeaddress,highlevelofsupervision,andthetypeofcrimecommitted.Amongallprisoners,275individualsmettheinclusioncriteriatoparticipateinthisstudy.Therefore,todeterminethesamplesize,Cochran’sformulawasused.Then,afterapplyingasimplerandommethod(i.e.,sortation),160questionnairesweredistributedtomaleandfemaleprisoners.Tocollectdata,thesymptomchecklist-90wasused.Results:Theresultsofthemultivariateanalysisofvariance(MANOVA)indicatedthatsymptomsofsomaticcomplaints,depression,anxiety,aggression,andphobiaweremoreprevalentamongfemaleprisonerscomparedtotheirmalecounterparts,andonlysymptomsofparanoidthoughtsandpsychosisweremoreprevalentamongmaleprisonerscomparedtofemaleprisoners(P≤0.01).However,nosignificantdifferencewasfoundamongmaleandfemaleprisonerswithregardtoobsessionandinterpersonalsensitivity(P≥0.05).Conclusions:Althoughthenumberoffemaleprisonersisfarlessthanthatofmaleprisoners,theresultsofthisstudyrevealedthatfemaleprisonerssufferfrommorementalproblemscomparedtomaleprisoners.Therefore,providingmentalhealthservicesforthisvulnerablepopulationappearsessential.

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