Self-concept dialectical transformation: A study in a women's prison

BASÍLIO, Lysia Rachel Moreira; ROAZZI, Antonio; NASCIMENTO, Alexsandro Medeiros do; ESCOBAR, José Arturo Costa

doi:10.1590/1982-02752017000200011

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SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY • Estud. psicol. (Campinas) 34 (2) • June 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-02752017000200011 copy

Self-concept dialectical transformation: A study in a women's prison

A dialética de transformação do autoconceito: um estudo no cárcere feminino

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Abstract

The present study investigated incarceration as a possible triggering factor of self-concept transformations. Self-concept consists of a set of multiple dimensions organized hierarchically functioning as cognitive schemas. It is a structural complex product of reflective activity, and it is susceptible to changes as the individual encounters new situations, life transitions, and social roles. To investigate the transformations in the self-concept structure, 150 incarcerated women responded to the Feminine Inventory of the Self-Concept's Gender Schemas, Self-Concept Clarity Scale and Situational Self-Awareness Scale. The results showed dynamic and multidimensional organization of self-concept in the women investigated, including various categories of the self. The elements analyzed indicate that prison, an undesirable life event in adulthood, is a driver of transformations in the dynamics of self-concept.

Keywords:
Prisons; Self; Self-concept; Self-perception; Women.

		a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n
a rho p		1.
b	rho p	0.246^** 0.002	1 .
c	rho	-0.059	0.052	1
c	p	0.481	0.538	.
d	rho	-0.119	0.054	0.290^*	1
d	p	0.147	0.515	0.000	.
e	rho	0.124	0.304^**	0.133	0.188^*	1
e	p	0.130	0.000	0.111	0.021	.
f	rho	0.101	0.318^**	-0.152	0.045	0.043	1
f	p	0.233	0.000	0.076	0.597	0.615	.
g	rho	-0.027	-0.097	0.023	0.028	-0.124	-0.099	1
g	p	0.740	0.241	0.784	0.736	0.132	0.247	.
h	rho	0.052	0.248^**	0.147	0.179^*	0.192^*	-0.035	0.260^**	1
h	p	0.532	0.002	0.079	0.029	0.019	0.683	0.001	.
i	rho	0.242^**	-0.021	-0.023	-0.218^*	-0.081	-0.069	-0.151	-0.085	1
i	p	0.003	0.798	0.786	0.011	0.327	0.419	0.067	0.301	.
j	rho	0.121	0.253^**	-0.061	0.119	0.076	0.221^**	0.001	0.318^**	0.101	1
j	p	0.142	0.002	0.463	0.147	0.353	0.008	0.994	0.000	0.218	.
k	rho	-0.186^*	0.015	-0.007	0.070	0.109	0.031	0.090	0.130	-0.392^**	0.106	1
k	p	0.022	0.855	0.933	0.394	0.185	0.715	0.275	0.115	0.000	0.197	.
l	rho	-0.088	0.005	-0.042	0.058	0.015	0.014	-0.051	-0.099	-0.205^*	-0.152	0.214^**	1
l	p	0.282	0.950	0.619	0.482	0.851	0.867	0.540	0.230	0.012	0.064	0.009	.
m	rho	-0.210^**	-0.148	0.069	0.115	0.083	-0.235^**	0.130	0.310^**	-0.018	0.293^**	0.209^*	-0.215^**	1
m	p	0.010	0.071	0.412	0.160	0.312	0.005	0.115	0.000	0.832	0.000	0.010	0.008	.
n	rho	-0.213^**	-0.108	0.049	0.116	-0.022	-0.138	0.263^**	0.035	-0.481^**	-0.212^**	0.397^**	0.322^**	0.059	1
n	p	0.009	0.189	0.558	0.159	0.787	0.102	0.001	0.674	0.000	0.009	0.000	0.000	0.476	.
o	rho	0.080	-0.036	0.022	-0.014	0.028	-0.154	0.176^*	0.316^**	0.190^*	0.314^**	-0.173^*	-0.168^*	0.291^**	-0.117
p	0.333	0.659	0.793	0.865	0.735	0.068	0.032	0.000	0.020	0.000	0.035	0.039	0.000	0.154

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[1] Correspondência para/Correspondence to: L.R.M. BASÍLIO. E-mail: <lysia.psi@gmail.com>.

Model	r Pearson	R	R ²	R² Adjusted	Standard Error of the Estimate	R² Change	F Change	gl1/gl2	p
Boldness
Level of education	0.184	0.184	0.034	0.027	9.86	0.034	5.182	1/148	0.024
Egocentrism
Age	0.169	0.170	0.029	0.022	9.88	0.029	4.387	1/148	0.038
Negligence	No variable was included the equation				9.88	0.029	4.387	1/148	0.038
Sensuality
Age	-0.250	0.250	0.062	0.056	9.71	0.062	9.841	1/148	0.002
Level of education	-0.237	0.324	0.105	0.093	9.52	0.043	7.017	1/147	0.009
Inferiority
Age	0.241	0.241	0.058	0.052	9.73	0.058	9.130	1/148	0.003
Level of education	0.296	0.296	0.088	0.075	9.61	0.030	4.794	1/147	0.030
Social Adjustment	No variable was included to the equation				9.61	0.030	4.794	1/147	0.030
Rumination
Age	-0.201	0.201	0.040	0.034	9.79	0.040	6.201	1/148	0.014
Level of education	-0.177	0.271	0.073	0.061	9.65	0.033	5.246	147	0.023
Reflection
Length of incarceration	0.188	0.188	0.035	0.029	9.82	0.035	5.445	1/148	0.021
Self-Concept Clarity
Length of incarceration	0.232	0.232	0.054	0.047	9.76	0.054	8.382	1/148	0.004

		Age	Level of education	Incarcerated parents	Number of arrests	Incarcerated siblings	Length of incarceration (days)
IFEGA
Boldness	r	0.045	0.184	-0.021	0.056	-0.089	0.152
	p	0.291	0.012	0.400	0.246	0.140	0.031
Egocentrism	r	-0.170	0.055	-0.169	-0.039	0.014	0.044
	p	0.019	0.253	0.019	0.316	0.434	0.297
Negligence	r	-0.077	0.060	-0.045	-0.030	-0.064	0.078
	p	0.174	0.234	0.292	0.359	0.220	0.173
Sensuality	r	-0.250	-0.237	-0.176	0.059	0.016	-0.163
	p	0.001	0.002	0.016	0.237	0.425	0.023
Inferiority	r	-0.241	-0.152	-0.177	-0.095	0.158	-0.144
	p	0.001	0.032	0.015	0.123	0.027	0.040
Social Adjustment	r	-0.019	-0.151	0.044	0.086	0.042	-0.095
	p	0.406	0.033	0.295	0.148	0.305	0.124
Situational self-awareness
Rumination	r	-0.017	-0.089	0.004	-0.201	0.177	-0.058
	p	0.420	0.140	0.481	0.007	0.015	0.242
Reflection	r	0.019	-0.047	-0.060	0.082	0.023	0.188
	p	0.408	0.283	0.235	0.159	0.388	0.010
Self-Concept Clarity	r	0.232	-0.068	0.220	0.079	0.033	-0.024
	p	0.002	0.205	0.003	0.169	0.343	0.386