Effectiveness of Designed Educational Content for Drug-Related Offenders in Ghezel Hesar Prison on Their Mental Health
Keywords:
Mental health, educational content, drug-related offendersAbstract
Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of educational content specifically designed for drug-related offenders in Ghezel Hesar Prison on their mental health.
Methodology: This research is applied in terms of its objective and is quasi-experimental in terms of data type, utilizing a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all individuals convicted of drug-related offenses in Ghezel Hesar Prison, from which 30 participants were selected as the sample size through convenience sampling. The data collection tool was the standardized Goldberg Mental Health Questionnaire (1972). To calculate validity, content validity was used, and to calculate reliability, Cronbach's alpha coefficients were employed, with the results indicating the validity and reliability of the instruments. Data analysis methods included descriptive and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance and one-sample t-test) using SPSS-V23 software.
Findings: The findings demonstrated that the designed educational package is effective in improving the mental health of drug-related offenders in Ghezel Hesar Prison. Thus, the designed educational content enables drug-related offenders to have a broader and more appropriate behavioral repertoire when confronting situations, allowing them to respond to issues with planning and foresight.
Conclusion: Therefore, using the designed psychological interventions can reduce the psychological problems of prisoners and prevent their recidivism.
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