Denhof Michael, Crawley Rachel, Puckett Leigha, Wiese Jesse, Ferry Theresa
Department of Research and Innovation, Prison Fellowship, Lansdowne, Virginia, USA.
Int J Prison Health (2024). 2025 Mar 19;21(1):55-74. doi: 10.1108/IJOPH-03-2024-0009.
This paper aims to describe the development and validation of the Prison Fellowship Well-being index (PF-WBI), a new quantitative tool for assessing prisoner and staff well-being within prison cultures.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The PF-WBI was developed through an iterative process of item creation, administration alongside established well-being measures and a series of data analyses. Data was collected from both staff and prisoners ( = 989) across four North Dakota prisons.
Analysis supported a four-factor structure for the PF-WBI measuring motivation/self-esteem, relationships/community functioning, hope/mood and stress-related detriments. The PF-WBI demonstrated excellent internal consistency reliability, convergent validity with established well-being measures and criterion-related validity for both staff and prisoners. Measurement invariance across staff and prisoners was also confirmed.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The PF-WBI offers a new and versatile tool for researchers and practitioners to assess staff and prisoner well-being in correctional settings. It can be used to evaluate prison cultures and the effectiveness of culture improvement efforts.
本文旨在描述监狱团契幸福感指数（PF-WBI）的开发与验证，这是一种用于评估监狱文化中囚犯和工作人员幸福感的新定量工具。
设计/方法/途径：PF-WBI是通过一个反复的过程开发出来的，包括项目创建、与既定幸福感测量方法同时进行管理以及一系列数据分析。数据收集自北达科他州四座监狱的工作人员和囚犯（n = 989）。
分析支持了PF-WBI的四因素结构，该结构测量动机/自尊、人际关系/社区功能、希望/情绪以及与压力相关的损害。PF-WBI表现出出色的内部一致性信度、与既定幸福感测量方法的收敛效度以及对工作人员和囚犯的标准关联效度。还证实了工作人员和囚犯之间的测量不变性。
原创性/价值：PF-WBI为研究人员和从业人员提供了一种新的通用工具，用于评估惩教环境中工作人员和囚犯的幸福感。它可用于评估监狱文化以及文化改进努力的有效性。
