Distressful life events between prisoners of open jail and central jail

Pages: 1795-1799
Sonali Jakar and Meena Jain (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

Life without stress cannot be imagined. Psychological stresses form an inescapable part of life and up to a degree might be required for adequate personality development. However if these stresses become too severe or too numerous, they may affect the physical equilibrium, producing maladaptive patterns and possibly mental disorder. The notion that major stressful Life Events can give rise to mental illness is prevalent since antiquity. Distressful events are event that require a significant adjustment in individual’s life, for example, separation, shifting home, etc. when a significant change occur in a person’s life, in family and in society known as traumatic events. Examples of Live Events include Wedding or partnership of multiple households, being mother, shifting home, including downsizing to a smaller home, Children transitioning out of the home, Parents transitioning into the home, Death of a family member. The present study was aimed to see the effect of distressful life events between prisoners of open jail and central jail. A sample of the study comprised 80 prisoners of open jail and central, age 30 to 50 year, 2-year minimum punishment, literate including crime such as robbery, murder, rape, kidnapping, etc. The data was collected with The Distressful Life Events Scale (DLES) constructed by Verma and Asthana. The sampling was the purpose in nature and included only those who were interested to participate. It followed Mean and independent t-test to analyse the data. From the result of this study certain conclusion may be derived. The study shows a significant difference in Distressful Life Events between prisoners of open jail and central jail.