Abstract

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.

摘要

本研究借鉴社会融合​​和支持文献，评估监狱中的友谊是否会减少被监禁女性对压力的感知，并缓冲与监狱暴力受害相关的额外压力。使用来自宾夕法尼亚州监狱单位 104 名被监禁女性样本的网络和调查数据，结果表明，在监狱中经历暴力受害会大大增加被监禁女性对压力的感知，而在监狱中拥有较多的友谊关系则与较低的监狱压力感知相关。此外，更大的狱中友谊网络大大减轻了与妇女在狱中受害有关的压力，使友谊成为受害妇女的重要资源。