2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Psychosocial Factors Affecting Employment Retention Among Persons Released from Prison Who Have Received Employment Support

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Project/Area Number	19K01342
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 05050:Criminal law-related
Research Institution	Seijo University (2023) Chiba University (2019-2022)
Principal Investigator	Tomoto Aika 成城大学, 治療的司法研究センター, 客員研究員 (00595366)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	西中宏吏早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 助教 (30568788) 五十嵐禎人千葉大学, 社会精神保健教育研究センター, 教授 (40332374) 後藤弘子千葉大学, 大学院社会科学研究院, 教授 (70234995)
Project Period (FY)	2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	出所者 / 就労維持 / 心理社会的要因 / 就労支援 / 保護要因
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study is to examine factors related to the maintenance of employment among persons released from prison from a psychosocial perspective. The results of the survey indicated that they are living with a sense of maladjustment regarding their lives and careers. It was observed that individuals with a lower sense of subjective health had higher career maturity, and those with higher criminogenic thinking also had advanced career maturity. These findings support the notion that offenders' optimism bias hinders appropriate career maturity. Additionally, the results showed that whether or not they participated in employment support within the facility was not related to career maturity or mental health, suggesting a need to reconsider the content and address the needs of the program. Those who maintained employment were noted to have someone to engage in daily conversations with, highlighting the importance of expanding dialogue as one of the goals of support.
Free Research Field	心理学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究は、出所者の就労に関わる心理社会的要因を明らかにし、再犯防止および社会復帰のための支援目標の再考に寄与した。キャリア成熟度だけでなく楽観性バイアスなどの心理的要因が就労維持に及ぼす影響を示し、従来の就労支援プログラムの限界を指摘した点は評価できる。特に、一般的な相関とは異なる傾向が見られた点から考察を加えた点は重要であると考える。施設内においては、日常の中での「対話」の重要性を強調し、支援の質を向上させるための基盤作りが必要であるという方向性を示した。出所した人たちがどのような日常の中で社会に再適応していくことをイメージし、再犯の保護要因の維持・向上にむけた一助となることが期待できた。