Psychological Distress, Quality of Life, Coping Strategies
Conditions
Keywords
PPT, PCBT, Incarcerated Individuals, Psychological Distress, Quality of Life
Brief summary
The foremost idea of the proposed research is to highlight the impact of psychological distress and coping strategies on the wellbeing of individuals in incarceration. In Pakistan, there is limited literature available to support the psychological wellbeing of individuals in incarceration. The current research will not only explore the impact of psychological distress and coping strategies on the wellbeing of inmates. In addition, the research will also aim to investigate the effectiveness of group-based interventions, which includes Positive Psychotherapy (PPT) and Positive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PCBT) in improving psychological distress, coping strategies, and wellbeing of Incarcerated Individuals.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPositive Psychotherapy (PPT)
The participants in this experimental group will receive intervention; treatment plan based on a strong foundation of positive psychology for enhancing positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment by building up individuals' inner skill sets, including strengths and achievements, to manage their psychological distress to improve their quality of life. The intervention plan is designed to employ 8 PPT exercises, including a positive introduction, three good things, using character strengths in a way, positive cognitive reappraisal, active constructive responding, savouring, gratitude letters and forgiveness letters.
BEHAVIORALPositive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PCBT)
In this experimental group, the participants will receive an intervention plan based on incorporating positive psychology and solution-focused brief therapy (Bannink \& Geschwind, 2021) within the model of cognitive behavioral therapy. The 8-week session plan emphasizes on what is better, exploring the existing resources and self-monitoring to improve wellbeing and quality of life.
Participants allocated to this group will be considered as on the waitlist during the active data collection period. This group will serve as a comparison group to see the effectiveness of PPT and PCBT.
Sponsors
Bahria University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Individuals with first time offense * Minimum duration of incarceration: 3 months. * Must have a score falling in the mild to severe range for depression and/or anxiety and a score below 6.4 on the PERMA profiler. * Urdu understanding and ability to comprehend measures
Exclusion criteria
* not falling in the age criteria * having a history of repeated crime * under any pharmacological and psychological treatment. * Individuals with types of crimes such as murder and rape were not included.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Psychological Distress | Baseline and 8th Week | Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale DASS-21 is a self-report questionnaire designed to examine three negative emotional states. The scale has 21 items, with 7 items for each subdomain. |
| PERMA Profiler | Baseline and 8th Week | 23-item questionnaire for assessing five elements, including positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, accomplishment), along with negative emotion and health. |
| Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory | Baseline and 8th Week | Self-report 28-item questionnaire to measure coping with sress |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Character Strengths | Baseline and 8th week | 72-item Character Strength Survey to assess 24 universal character strengths. |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMahum Azhaar
Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria University Karachi
Outcome results
None listed