Developing a Conceptual Model of Drug-abuse Inmates Personality, Prison Climate, Social Support, and Maqasid Shariah Quality Of Life

Drug abuse remains a major concern for Malaysia, in which most inmates comprise drug abusers. The circumstance influenced the quality of life (QoL) of inmates, and the previous research indicated that QoL is linked to personality, prison climate, and social support of inmates. Thus, the objective of a present study is to develop a model that explored the relationship between drug-abuse inmates' personality and prison climate as independent variables and QoL as the dependent variable, with perceived social support playing a role as mediator. This study aims to discover a relationship between personality-QoL, prison climate-QoL, personality-social support, prison climate-social support, social support-QoL, and social support mediation function by pointing at existing literature and reviewing earlier studies. In particular, Maqasid Shariah Quality of Life (MSQoL) is used, which focused on inmates QoL. A study finding enables researchers to discover relevant knowledge to fill the research gap. Besides that, this study offered practical contributions to prison authority and related agencies on designing appropriate policies and strategies to enhance inmates QoL during imprisonment.