Psychological Well-being, Resilience and Guilt among Prisoners and Non-prisoners: A Comparative Study

Page: 401-405
Devashree Desai and Kaustubh V. Yadav (Department of Psychology, School of Liberal Arts, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra)

This study aims to compare levels of psychological well-being, resilience, and guilt among prisoners and non-prisoners. Total of 200 participants participated in the study (100 prisoners & 100 non-prisoners). Psychological Well-being Scale by Ryff et al. (2010), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) by Smith et al. (2008) and Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale by Cohen (2011) were administered on the participants. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 24. To compare the score ‘t-test’ was utilized. The findings reveal a significant difference between prisoners and non-prisoners in terms of psychological well-being and Guilt. No significant difference was found in resilience between prisoners and non-prisoners.