RT Article
T1 Social Support, Victimization, and Stress in a Women’s Prison: The Role of in-Prison Friendship for Reducing Perceptions of Stress
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 35
IS 4
SP 266
OP 283
A1 Edison, Story
A1 Haynie, Dana L.
A2 Haynie, Dana L.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1932042520
AB Drawing on social integration and support literature, this study evaluates whether having in-prison friendships reduces incarcerated women’s perceptions of stress and buffers the additional stress associated with violent prison victimization. Using network and survey data from a sample of 104 incarcerated women in a Pennsylvanian prison unit, results indicate that experiencing violent victimization in prison substantially increases incarcerated women’s perceptions of stress while having greater in-prison friendship ties is associated with lower perceptions of prison stress. In addition, larger in-prison friendship networks substantially reduce the stress associated with women’s in-prison victimization, making friendships a vital resource for victimized women.
K1 Victimization
K1 Stress
K1 Social Support
K1 Incarceration
K1 Women
DO 10.1080/08974454.2023.2246955