The Effect of Recreational Activities on the Self-Esteem and Loneliness Level of the Prisoners as an Alternative Education

Autor/in	Basaran, Zekiye
Titel	The Effect of Recreational Activities on the Self-Esteem and Loneliness Level of the Prisoners as an Alternative Education
Quelle	In: Universal Journal of Educational Research, 4 (2016) 5, S.1080-1088 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-3205
Schlagwörter	Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Nontraditional Education; Recreational Activities; Self Esteem; Psychological Patterns; Females; Program Effectiveness; Correlation; Statistical Analysis; Pretests Posttests; Foreign Countries; Self Concept Measures; Turkey; Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory; UCLA Loneliness Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendstrafvollzug; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Freizeitgestaltung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Weibliches Geschlecht; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	Aim: The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of recreational activities on the self-esteem and loneliness level of prisoners as an alternative education. Method: The sample of this research consisted of 23 female prisoners who were randomly selected in Kandira prison and detention house. As preliminary and final tests, these prisoners were given a personal information form, self-esteem and UCLA Loneliness Scale. The program lasted one and a half hours a day, two days a week and twelve weeks. The activities were composed of music, dancing, meditation, sports activities, videos and entertaining competitions. The data were analyzed with Wilcoxon and correlation tests in SPSS 18 package program (p<0.05). The findings: The prisoners were aged between 20 and 59 and they were in prison for less than one year and for 10 years. A statistically positive and significant connection was determined between loneliness preliminary test and final test scores (p = 0.001) in the group. A statistically negative connection was calculated in the correlation analysis that was performed between self-esteem level in preliminary and final tests (0.002) and loneliness level in preliminary and final tests (0.012). Conclusion: Recreational activities were specified to have positive effect on increasing the self-esteem level and decreasing loneliness level of the prisoners. [Paper presented at the International Conference on Lifelong Learning and Leadership for All (Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic, October 29-31, 2015).] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01