The Psychological Stress Situation Of Male Prisoners And The Relationship Between Personality,coping Style And Psychological Pressure

According to the view of response orientation,psychological stress is an individual’s response to changes in the environment.The degree of stress response depends on all kinds of stress-related factors and the interaction between factors,including life events,cognitive assessment,social support,personality traits,and the interaction of various factors.For the criminal,it’s a major life events that leads to high psychological pressure to be put in prison.Meanwhile,under the combined action of depressed prison environment,negative cognitive assessment,imperfect personality,lack of social support and negative coping styles,the psychological stress level of prisoners is much higher than that of the general male population.In general,high psychological stress might lead to psychological problems and even psychological diseases.However,the high psychological pressure of prisoners can not only cause negative effects such as psychological problems or mental illness,but also has positive effects on prisoners’ high psychological pressure.The group characteristics of psychological stress and the relationship between personality,coping style and psychological stress of 680 male prisoners in two prisons in Guangxi were investigated by personality questionnaire,coping style questionnaire and psychological stress questionnaire.The specific methods include the significance test,the correlation analysis and the construction of the structural equation model.This study provides a theoretical basis for the prison to reduce the psychological pressure of the prisoners,to avoid the psychological problems and to improve the effect of the prisoners’ reform.Results:(1)There are significant differences in each dimension of psychological pressure between male prisoners and healthy men.(2)There is a significant difference between prisoners’ psychological pressure in terms of age and type of crime,but there is no significant difference in the types of prisoners,the stage of imprisonment,and the educational level,but they are all higher than those of healthy men.(3)All dimensions of personality are significantly related to all dimensions of psychological pressure.Coping styles and psychological stress are significantly correlated.There are significant correlations between personality dimensions and coping styles.(4)Personality and coping styles have a significant predictive effect on psychological stress,and coping styles play a part of intermediary role between personality and psychological stress.