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Psychological characteristics as correlates of emotional burden in incarcerated offenders in Nigeria

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the demographic and psychosocial characteristics of incarcerated offenders in a Nigerian prison and investigate their relationship with psychiatric morbidity. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study employing the 30 - item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-30) and the depression sub-scale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS-Depression). SETTING: A medium security prison located in Ilesa, a semi-urban community in Southwestern Nigeria. SUBJECTS: Three hundred and three prison inmates. RESULTS: Out of the 352 inmates, 49 (13.9%) refused to participat…

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	East African Medical Journal
Date	2007-02-05
Type	article
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Found at	https://doi.org/10.4314/eamj.v83i10.9467
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Psychological characteristics as correlates of emotional burden in incarcerated offenders in Nigeria. OpenAlex research, 2007. Vero Archive, record openalex:W2110636317.