Owusu Ansah Kenneth, Atindanbila Samuel, Doku Paul Narh, Osei Owusu Jessica, Agyemang Duah Caleb, Pharin Francis, Fosu Morrison
Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Ghana; Department of Psychiatry, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana.
Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Ghana.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2022 Oct;91:102407. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102407. Epub 2022 Aug 5.
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 cross-sectional 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.
加纳大多数关于儿童受害问题的研究都集中在学校环境。为了解加纳青少年教养机构内囚犯之间的受害情况所做的研究很少。因此，本研究调查了同伴受害在多大程度上影响加纳高级教养中心青少年罪犯的心理困扰。采用横断面设计，有目的地抽取115名青少年罪犯作为研究样本。在使用PROCESS进行中介分析后，结果显示监狱环境和心理韧性依次中介了同伴受害与心理困扰之间的关系。单独来看，监狱环境和心理韧性都中介了同伴受害与心理困扰之间的关系。建议将反欺凌项目制度化，以在教养机构内提高心理健康意识。此外，需要在教养机构内部署诸如倾听者计划之类的支持系统。
