The Connections of Parole and Probation Agent Communication Patterns With Female Offenders’ Job-Seeking Self-Efficacy
Using subsamples of 130 and 96 women on probation and parole, this research explores the direct effect of the supervising agent’s communication patterns on client job-seeking self-efficacy. It also tests for the mediating effect through client psychological reactance, which is a feeling that one’s f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 64, Issue: 8, Pages: 774-790 |
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| Summary: | Using subsamples of 130 and 96 women on probation and parole, this research explores the direct effect of the supervising agent’s communication patterns on client job-seeking self-efficacy. It also tests for the mediating effect through client psychological reactance, which is a feeling that one’s freedoms are threatened. Agent and client reports of a conformity pattern of communication were associated with lower levels of job-seeking self-efficacy. Client reactance mediated this relationship. Agent and client reports of a conversational pattern of communication were associated with increased job-seeking self-efficacy. The results suggest that conformity-oriented communication should be avoided because of its potential to increase reactance and to promote low job-seeking self-efficacy. In contrast, conversational communication appears to have more positive effects on job-seeking self-efficacy. Findings highlight communication as a pathway through which agents can improve behavioral outcomes for women offenders searching for work. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-6933 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0306624X19895963 |