RACE FACTORS IN RESPONSES TO INTERPERSONAL STRESS AMONG YOUNG ADULT OFFENDERS

• NCJ Number: 43027
• Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1977) Pages: 45-61
• Author(s): A M Perry; J E Hakanson
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: American Assoc of Correctional Psychologists
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

USING STRESS MEASURES OF SOCIAL COUNTERRESPONSES, SUBJECTIVE FEELINGS, AND AUTONOMIC RESPONSED, THIS STUDY ANALYZES PRISONER REACTIONS TO STRESS AS A FUNCTION OF RACE OF THE INMATE AND RACE OF THE EXPERIMENTER

Abstract

PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT YOUNG ADULT PRISON INMATES DISPLAY AN ANXIOUS, ACQUIESCENT, DEPRESSIVELIKE REACTION PATTERN UNDER CONDITIONS OF INTERPERSONAL STRESS. THE PRESENT STUDY EVALUATED RACIAL FACTORS IN THIS AREA AND FOUND THAT, RELATIVE TO WHITE PRISONERS, BLACK IMATES MANIFEST MORE FREQUENT ACQUIESCENCE, FEWER REPORTS OF ANGER, AND GENERALLY HIGHER AUTONOMIC REACTIVITY. THE RESULTS ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS FACED BY BLACK PRISONERS (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...DMC