Abstract

More people are incarcerated in the United States than in any other nation in the world. The incarcerated population disproportionately struggles with mental health issues. Familial support can help mitigate the detrimental consequences for incarcerated persons struggling with mental health issues, as well as for their families. We use data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting and Partnering, and employ Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling (APIM) to examine the relationship between perceived extended family support and depression for dyads consisting of incarcerated men and their non-incarcerated, female coparenting and romantic partners. We find that higher levels of perceived family support lessen depressive symptoms for both dyad members. However, higher levels of perceived support for both men and women disproportionately benefit the non-incarcerated woman, as the non-incarcerated women may additionally benefit from having male partners with better perceived social support. Clinical implications and future directions for incarcerated individuals and their families are discussed.

摘要

在美国被监禁的人数比世界上任何其他国家都多。被监禁的人口不成比例地与心理健康问题作斗争。家庭支持可以帮助减轻因心理健康问题而苦苦挣扎的被监禁者及其家人的不利后果。我们使用来自关于监禁、养育和合作的多站点家庭研究的数据，并采用演员-伴侣相互依赖模型 (APIM) 来检查由被监禁男性和非监禁男性组成的二元组感知到的大家庭支持与抑郁之间的关系，女性共同抚养和浪漫伴侣。我们发现，较高水平的家庭支持会减轻二元组成员的抑郁症状。然而，对男性和女性的更高水平的感知支持对非监禁女性的好处不成比例，因为非监禁女性可能额外受益于拥有更好感知社会支持的男性伴侣。讨论了被监禁个人及其家人的临床意义和未来方向。