Peer victimization, prison climate, resilience and psychological distress of incarcerated juvenile offenders in Ghana: A serial mediation examination

dc.contributor.authorOwusu Ansah, K.O.
dc.contributor.authorAtindanbila, S.
dc.contributor.authorDoku, P.N.
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, J.O.
dc.contributor.authorDuah, C.A.
dc.contributor.authorPharin, F.
dc.contributor.authorFosu, M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-28T19:05:01Z
dc.date.available2023-03-28T19:05:01Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractA B S T R A C T Most Ghanaian research in the area of victimization among children has focused on the school setting. Little research has been done in an attempt to understand inmate-on-inmate victimization within the juvenile correctional facilities in Ghana. This study, therefore, investigated the extent to which peer victimization influences psychological distress among juvenile offenders in the Senior Correctional Center of Ghana. A crosssectional design was used to purposively sample 115 juvenile offenders for the study. Following mediation analysis performed in PROCESS, the results revealed that prison climate and resilience serially mediated the relationship between peer victimization and psychological distress. Independently, both prison climate and resilience mediated the relationship between peer victimization and psychological distress. It was recommended that anti-bullying programs ought to be institutionalized to create mental health awareness within the correctional facilities. Also, support systems such as the Listener Scheme need to be deployed within the correctional facilities.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102407
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/38827
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Forensic and Legal Medicineen_US
dc.subjectVictimizationen_US
dc.subjectPsychological distressen_US
dc.subjectResilienceen_US
dc.subjectPrison climateen_US
dc.subjectJuvenile offendersen_US
dc.titlePeer victimization, prison climate, resilience and psychological distress of incarcerated juvenile offenders in Ghana: A serial mediation examinationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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