Responding to the Challenges of Living in Peace and Harmony among Female Inmates thru Psycho Education

This study determined effects of the psycho education for aggression of female inmates at Metro Bacolod District Jail, BrgyHandumanan, Bacolod City. Researcher used pretest posttest control group experimental design survey method utilizing the Buss – Perry Aggression Questionnaires BPAQ . The sampling technique employed was the non probability purposive sampling. Eligibility criterion was a BPAQ score of greater than 100. Thirty participants were randomly selected from those eligible. These respondents were then randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group, with 15 participants in each group. Findings revealed that the profile of the female inmates in MBDJ – FD were the following the mean age of the female inmates is 37 more than half of the female inmates were single majority of the female inmates attended high school and also majority of them are from the lower income group with none belonging to the upper income group. The aggression of the female inmates as a whole was moderately aggressive. The results of the study show no significant relationships among age, marital status, educational attainment, economic status, and religion, and aggression of the female inmates. Further, regarding the significant differences between the aggression of the experimental group and the control group, the test results indicated that there is no significant difference in the aggression between the experimental group and the control group before the intervention. However, the aggression after the intervention between the experimental group and the control group demonstrated a significant difference. This suggests that psycho education decreased the aggression of the female inmates which helped them in living harmoniously in the correctional institution. Jean Benedicto Pauyon | Rogelio Abrinica Lovina, Jr. | Leo Credo Naparota "Responding to the Challenges of Living in Peace and Harmony among Female Inmates thru Psycho-Education" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-4 , June 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.compapers/ijtsrd41157.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.commanagement/management-development/41157/responding-to-the-challenges-of-living-in-peace-and-harmony-among-female-inmates-thru-psychoeducation/jean-benedicto-pauyon