INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING AMONG INMATES OF WAMBA CORRECTIONAL SERVICE CENTRE NASARAWA STATE NIGERIA.
| dc.contributor.author | Zamani, Andrew E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abubakar, Musa Tafida | |
| dc.contributor.author | Samson, Tita | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-22T12:33:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-22T12:33:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-07-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study examines personality traits as predictors of psychological wellbeing among ninety-eight (98) prison inmates at Nigerian Correctional Service Centre, Wamba, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The participants responded to two sets of research instrument which are: The Big Five Personality Scale and Ryff's Psychological Wellbeing Scale.The survey research design was used to due to the far that the study seeks information about people's behaviour in their natural settings. One hypothesis was stated and tested. The study employed the used of simple statistical techniques such as Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis, for data analysis of the hypothesis tested in the study and the result also revealed that conscientiousness ((3= .188; t= 2.620, P < .01) and openness to experience ((3= .063; t= 4-414> P < -01) significantly predict general psychological wellbeing while extraversion ((3= .209; t= 1.740, P > .05), agreeableness ((3= .162; t= 1.617, P > .05) and neuroticism (P= .071; t= 1.826, P > .05) this revealed that, personality traits jointly and significantly influence inmates' psychological wellbeing (R= .761; F= 25.256, P < .01) and indicated a proportion of 57.9% variance on psychological wellbeing among prisoners. The study concluded that personality traits had significant influence on the psychological wellbeing of inmates in Wamba Correctional Centre. On the basis of the findings, it was recommended among others that, it is important that government should design modern prisons that will carter for the psychological wellbeing of the inmates. This will help the prisoners to explore their personalities and to serve their terms of imprisonment without any harm to their psychological wellbeing. Furthermore, all prison inmates diagnosed with distorted psychological wellbeing should be offer psychological help from psychological service units. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Abubakar, M.T. (2021). Influence of personality traits as predictors of psychological wellbeing among inmates of wamba correctional service centre nasarawa State Nigeria. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/7587 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Department of Psychology, Nasarawa State University Keffi | |
| dc.subject | Personality Traits | |
| dc.subject | Psychological Wellbeing and Inmates | |
| dc.title | INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING AMONG INMATES OF WAMBA CORRECTIONAL SERVICE CENTRE NASARAWA STATE NIGERIA. | |
| dc.type | Article |