Population Health Department, 4038Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
Human Development and Family Studies, Stillwater, OK, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2022 Jan;94(1):74-92. doi: 10.1177/00914150211031892. Epub 2021 Sep 28.
The study tested a mediational model linking negative childhood events through forgiveness of self and social support to religiosity using data from a convenience sample of 261 men aged 45-82 years residing behind prison walls. The Developmental Model of Adaptation provided the study's conceptual model for investigating the associations among the study variables. The study tested a mediational model linking the distal past (negative childhood events) to the outcome, religiosity, through forgiveness, and social support. The final model demonstrated the association of negative childhood events with religiosity through forgiveness of self (not forgiveness of others or situation) and social support. The study's findings suggest that at intake and during time in confinement, middle-aged and older men in prison should be assessed for and offered interventions aimed at helping them cope with the trauma of childhood events, achieve self-forgiveness, seek social support, and express religiosity as important for sustaining their well-being.
本研究使用方便样本 261 名年龄在 45-82 岁、居住在监狱围墙后的男性的数据，检验了一个中介模型，该模型将通过自我宽恕和社会支持而产生的消极童年事件与宗教信仰联系起来。发展适应模型为研究变量之间的关系提供了研究的概念模型。该研究检验了一个中介模型，该模型将遥远的过去（消极的童年事件）通过宽恕和社会支持与结果（宗教信仰）联系起来。最终模型表明，消极的童年事件与宗教信仰的关系是通过自我宽恕（而不是宽恕他人或情况）和社会支持。本研究的结果表明，在进入监狱和监禁期间，中年和老年男性应该接受评估，并提供干预措施，帮助他们应对童年创伤事件，实现自我宽恕，寻求社会支持，并表达宗教信仰，这对维持他们的幸福感很重要。
